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DISCOURSE

UPON

EPIC P O ETRT,

A N D T H E

EXCELLENCE

O F T H E

P O E M of Tekmachus.

W^W^ F we could relifh Truth m

e(0^ her naked Simplicity, (lie The Oilgm
@ would no nr:ed to borrow f^ ^""^ °^
I^5i i^ , . Poetry,

fvp^-.vjv^^ any Urnamenv.^ 'roi.; !ma-

^^i^lMt A.^ gination to attract our Love : But her
pure and delicate Lighc does not fuificiently a.H.6t ths
grofs Senfes of Men ; aiiJ tlie nice /Aiientrm flie re-
quires io too great a Reftraint on their natural Levity.
B la

1 A T^lSQOl5RS^ upon

In order to inftru6l A4en, we muft not only enlighten
their Underftanding with pure Ideas, but likewiie pre-
fent them with fcnliblc Images, to keep them Heady
in a fixed View of l>uth. This is the Source of Elo-
quence, Poefy, and of all the Sciences that depend
upon Fancy ; and which Man's Weaknefs renders
necefi'ary. The fimple and immutable Beauty of
Virtue does not always aff'edl him ; nor is it fuHici-
ent to point out Truth to him, unlefis at the fame time
we reprefent her amiable to his Eyes {a).

We fhall confider the Poem of Telemachus accor-
ding to thefe two Views, vi%. to inJIruSl and to pleafei
and endeavour to fhew, 'I'hat the Author has in-
ftructed better than the Ancients, by the Sublimity of
his Moral ; and has pleafcd no lefs than they, by the
imitation of all their Beauties.

There are twoWays of inftru<Sling Men,
Tv/oSorts of in order to make them good : The firft.
Heroic Pee- |^^, jj^^^i^g ^\-^q^ ^^j. Deformity of Vice,

and its fatal Confequenccs ; which is the
chief End of Tragedy : The fecond, By unveiling to
them the Beauty of Virtue, and its happy lilue ; which
is the proper Characf^er of the Epopcea^ or Epic Poem.
The Paffions that belong to the former, are Terror
and Pity; as Ad?niration and Love are prqper to the
latter. In the one, the Actors fpeak ; in the other,
the Poet makes the Narrative.

_ , . . An Epic Poem may be defin'd, A Fable

Definition » , n • i •/-;/»?

and Divificn related by a Poet, tn order to raije the Ad^

of Ep'ic Poe- miration^ and injpire the Love of Virtue,

^^' by reprefenting to us the Jolion of a Hera

« favoured

[a] Omne tulit punTiim, qui mifcuit utile duici ;
Leftonm deleft ip.do, janterquc moner.cio.

Hor. Ji t. Poet,

EPICP0ErR2\ 3

favoured by Heaven^ who brings about a great Enter-
pri%e, notvc'ithjiancling all the Objiacks he meets in his
tuay. Therefore there are three Things in the Epic
Psemy viz. The J^lion, the Moral, and the Poefy,

I. 0/ //;^ E P I C A C T I O N.

The Adion ought to be Great^ One,
Entire, Marvellous, and of a certain Qua'itresof
Length. Telemachus has all thefe Qua- ^Ij!,.'^-^'^
Jities. in order to be convinced of it,
Jet us compare him with the two Models of Epie
Poetry, Homer and Virgil.

We flial! confine ourfelves to fpeak Defiga of
of the Odyffey, whofe Plan and Defign '^"^ ^'^-^^•
is more agreeable to that of Telsmachiis,
In that Poem, Homer introduces a wife King return-
ing home from a foreign War, in which he had gi-
ven fignal Proofs of his Prudence and Valour; In his
Way, he meets with violent Storms, which force
him into divers Countries, whofe Manners, Laws,
and Politics he had thereby an Opportunity to learn.
Prom hence naturally arife Abundance of incidents
and periJlous Adventures. But the Hero of the
Poem, knowing what Diftra£iions his Abfence muft
occafion in his Kingdom, iurmounts all Obftacles ;
defpifes all the Pleafures of Life ; difregards even
Immortality itfelf j and renounces all, that he may
eafe his People, and fee again his dear Family.

In the Mneid, a pious and courageous
Hero, who is efcap'd from the De- Subjeft of
ftru6lion of a powerful Kingjom, is de- ^J^^fj
ftin'd by the Gods to preferve its Reli-
gion, and to fettle another Empire, more great and
B 2 glorious

4 J DISCO V RSE upon

glorious than the former. This Prince, who is
chofen King by the unforiunate Remainder of his
Country-men, wanders a long while from .^hore to
Shore, and, in the fevcral Countries he vilits, learns
all that is necedary for a King, a Legiflator, and a
High-Prieft. At laft, hndiiig an Ajyluin in a re-
mote Country,, from whence his Anceflos drew
iheir Dekent, he defeats feveral powerfuj Enemies
who oppf Ad his Settlement j ar.d iay.- the Foindstion
of an Lmpire, which was one day to conquer all the
TJniverfe.

The Action of Teloriachus compre-
P]jn of hends all that's great in both thofe Po-
ems. J here we lee a young Prince,
animated by the Love of his Coumry, going in
queft of his Father, whofe Abfcnce ( ccafioned the
Misfortunes of his ranuly and Kingdom. This
Prince expi.fes himieli to all manner of Dangers ;
iignalizes his Magnanimity by heroical Virtues ;
refufes Crowns more confiderabie than his own \ and
travelling through fevcr;il unknown Countries, learns
all that lh.ould qualify him hereafter to rule his Peo-
ple, with the Piudence of VlyJJi'Sy the Piety of
^.neasy and the Valour of both ; like a wife Poli-
tician, a religious Prince, and an acconipliuicd
Hero.

The Epic i\di\o\\ ought to be one.

The Aaion For an Epic Poem is not either a Flif-

cught to be j^|.y^ jjj.^ Lucaiii PharjiUia, and ^ilius

liaticus's Punic War j nor the whole

liife of a Hero, like the Jchilleid of Stutius. The

JJyiity of the Hero does not make the Unity of the

Jclion : For a Man's Life is full of Inequalities.

He continually changes his Defigns, either through

the Incoiiftancy of his Paffions, or by the unforefeen

4 Accidents

EPIC P 0 Er RT. 5

Accidents of Life. Whoever fliould defcribe the
ivhole Man^ would draw a f^intaftic PicUire, made
up of a Contra/} of oppofite Paffions, without either
Coherence or Order. And therefore an Epic Poem
is not the Panegyric of a Hero fet up for a Pattern,
but the Recital of fome One great and noble Adioa
propofed for Imitation.

It IS with Poetry, as with Painting ; r^c r- tj
the Unity of the principal Action hin-
ders not the bringing in feveral particular Incidents.
The Defign is formed from the Beginning of the
Poem i and the Hero brings it about by furmount-
ing all Obftacles. 'Tis the Recital of all the Op-
pofiiions he nieets v/ith, that makes up the Epifodes :
But all thefe Epifodes depend upon the principal
A6liotn, and are fo interwoven with it, and fo con-
nedled together, that the whole prefents to our View
but one fmgle Picture, confifting of feveral Figures,
ranged in excellent Order, and in a juft Proportion
and Symmetry.

I fliall not in this Place enquire, whether Homer
fometimes drowns his main Aftion in the Length
and Multiplicity of his Epifodes; whether his Action
be double ; and whether fometimes he
lofes fight of his principal Hero ? 'Tis ^"''^ Vn'uy
fufficient to obferve here, that the Au- ^Jf^^f" °^
thor of Tekmacbus has, in all the Parts and the Co-
of his Work, imitated the Regularity lieienceofthe
of Virgil, by avoiding all the Defeds ^^'^"^"^
that are charged on the Greek Poet_. All our Au-
thor's Epifodes are coherent, and To artfully inter-
woven one with another, that the firft naturally
brings on the next. His principal Perfons never
difappearj and his Tranjitions from the Epifodc to
the main A^iion^ {till preferve and make us fenfible
B 3 of

6 ^ D I S C O U R S E r/;)^;f

of the Unity of the Dcfign. In the fix firft Books,
wherein Telcmachm fpeaks, and relates his Adven-
tures to Caiypfo, this Epifode., in imitation of that of
Dido^ is contrived with fo much Arc, that the
Unity of the principal Adllon remains pcrfedl and
entire ; the Reader being in furpencCj and fenfible
from the Beginning, that both the Stay of that He-
ro in the Illand, and what pafies there, h but an
Obfracle to be furmounted. In the Xlllth and
XlVth Books, wherein Mentor inltruds Idornencm,
,Telemachus is not prefent, being then in the Army;
but then 'tis Mentor^ one of the principal Perfons
in the Poem, who does every thing with regard to
Telemnchin^ and for his InflruiSiiion : So that this
Efljode is perfeclly v/ell connected with tlie princi-
pal Defign. 'Tis likewife a great Piece of Art in
our Author, the bringing into his Poem Epifodes
that do not refult from his principal P'able, without
breaking either the Unity or Continuity of the Acti-
on. 'J hefe Epifodes find a place here, not only as
important Inftru£lions for a young Prince, which
is the Poet's main Defign, but becaufe they are re-
lated to his Hero at a time of Ina£lion, to fill up
the Vacancy. Thus Adoajn acquaints Ttlernachus
with the Manners and Laws of Bastica, during a
Calm that happens in a Sea Voyage ; and Philo6le-
tes recounts to him his Misfortunes, whilft that young
Prince is in the confederate Camp, expecting the Day
of Battle.

The Epic ASlion ought to be entire \

The Afli- which Entirenefs fuppofes three things :

en on^t to q^j^g Qr jj^g Dijlrefs, and the Un-

be criiirc. J ' -^ j ' ,

ravelling. l he Caitje of the Action

ought to be worthy of the Hero, and agreeable to

his

EPIC PO ET RT. 7

his Chara6ler. Such is the DeHgn of Tclemachiis., as
was fhewn before.

The Di/lrefs ought to be Natural^ ,
and arifing from the Adlion itfdf. In ^.e?^'^"^^'
the Odyjre}\ it is Neptune that makes it ;
in the /Eficid, the Wrath of juuo ; in Tclc?nachus,
it is Vcnus's Hate. The Difirejs of the Odyjfey is
natural, becaufe, in the Courfe of Nature, no ^3b-
ftacle is more to be dreaded by Sea-faring Men,
than the Sea itfelf. In the /Ene'id^ the Oppofitioii
of "Juno^ a conlbnt Enemy of the Trojans, is a
noble FitSrion. But the Hate of Vcr.iis againft a
young Prince, who defpifes Voluptuoufneis thro' a
Love of Virtue, and fubdues his PaiTions by the Kelp
of Wifdom, is a Fable drawn from Nature, which,
at the fame time, comprehends a iublime Moral.

The Unravelling ou^ht to be as natural as the Di^
Jirefs. In the OdyJJey, ^h.l}^^ comes among the Pbcs-
acians, relates to them his Adven-
tures ; and thofe Iflanders, who were , ,,-^ ^ "'
great Lovers ot rabies, charm d wich
his Tales, furnilh him with a Ship to return home ;
which Unravelling is plain and natural. In the
Mneid, Turnus is the only Obllru£lion to the Set-
tlement of Mneas, who, to fpare the Blood both of
his Trojans^ and of the Latins, whofc King he is
foon to be, puts an end to the Quarrel by a fmgle
Combat. This is a noble Unravelling. That of
Teletnachus is, at once, both Natural and Great.
That young Hero, in obedience to the Commands
of Heaven, conquers his Love for Jntiope, and his
Friendfhip for Idomeneus, who offer'd him both his
Crown and his. Daughter ; and facriiices the molt
violent PafHons, and the moll endearing and even
innocent Pleafurcs, to the pure Love of Virtue. He
B 4 embarks

8 y^DTS COURSE upon

embarks for Ithaca on board the Ships that are fur-
nifh'd him by Idomcneus^ for whom he had perfor-
med many iigna! Services. When he comes near
!his Country Minerva caufes him to put into a
little defart Iflaiid, where (he difcovers herfclf to
him After having accompanied him, without his
Knowledge, through tempeftuous Seas, unknown
Lands, bloody Encounters, and all the Evils that
can try human Courage and Wijdom ; fhe at
length condu(?ts him to a folitary Place, where fhe
acquaints him with the End of his Labours, and his
future Profperity : and fo leaves him. A foon as
he is going to enjoy Felicity and Repofe, the God-
defs difappears, the Marvellous ceafcs, the heroic
Action is at an end. 'Tis in Af}li6tion that a Man
ihews himfelf to he a Hero, and for that purpofe
has need of a Divine Support. 'Tis only after he
has fufFer'd, that he is capable to go alone, to fteer
his own Condudl:, and to govern others. In the
Poem of T elemachus^ the Obiervation of the mi-
riuteli Rules of Art is accompanied with a profound
Moral,

Befides the Dijlrefs^ and general Un-

General ravelling of the main A^ion^ every Efi-

S^''"'n /? f fodc has its peculiar Dijlreji, and Unra-

the Dtjlrch J ... , . f , -^ •/

anJ Uxra-vei- Veiling^ which ought, cvcry one of tliem,
ting oi <\\<i E- to have the fame Qualities. Epic Poe-
/'' ^'°^'"- try does not affed the llirprizing Adven-

tures of modern Romances ; for Surpri/.e alone pro-
duces but a very imperfed and tranfitory Pailion.
The Sublime lies in the Imitation of fimple Nature ;
in preparing the Incidents lo delicately, as that they
may be unforefeen; and in the conduiSting them fo
artfully, as that every Thing may appear Natural.
Thus we are neither uneafy, nor in fufpenfe, no?

taken

EPIC POETRr. 9

taken off from the principal OhjeSi of Heroic Poetry^
which is hiJhn5iion^ to attend an imaginary Intrigue,
and fabulous Unravelling. This is allowable in a
Romance where the main Defign is to amufe : But
in an Epic Poem, which is a kind of Moral Philofo-
phy, fuch Adventures are Conceits below its Gravity
and Noblenefs.

The Author of Telcmachus has not
only avoided the Intrigues of modern q.^.^.-,^-^ ,o "b"
Romances, but likewife that Extrava- iiiarveiious. ^
gance with which fome reproach the An-
cients. He neither makes Horfes fpeak, nor Tri-
pods walk, nor Statues work. The Epic A6lion
ought to be marvellous, but probable at the fame
time. We do not admire what we look upon as
impoffible : Arjd therefore the Poet ought never to
fhock Rtafon, though he may ibmetimes exceed
Nature. The Ancients have introduc'd the Afa-
(hinery of the Gods into their Poems, not only in
order to bring great Events about by their Interpo-
fition, and thereby unite the Probable and the Wonder-
ful; but likewife to teach Men, that the mod Cou-
rageous and tlie Wifcll: can do nothing without the
AiUflance of the Cjods. In our Poem, Minerva
conilantly guides Telemachus : Whereby the Poet ren-
ders every tiling poliible to his Hero j and gives us to
underftaiid, that, without Divine Wifdom, A'lan is
not able to do any thing. But this is not the ut-
moft of his Art : The Sublime lies in his concealing
the Goddefs under an human Porm. Not oiiiy the
Probable but the Natural likewile, unites here with
the Marvellous. All is Divine, and yet appears to be
Iduman. Nor is this all : For, if Telemachus had
knovv.i that he was conducted by a Goddefs, his Me-
rit would have been the lefs, as he would have had
B 5 too

lo ^ D I S C O U R S E f/p(?«

too powerful a Support. Humerus Heroes generally
know what the immortal Gods are doing for them :
Whereas our Poet, by concealing from his Hero the
marvellous Part of the Fidion, caui^s his Virtue and
Courage to be the more admir'd.

The Duratioji of the Epic Adlion
^^ ^"^'^Prll is longer than that of Tra^edy^ in which

ia:on or the , r? rr i •

£ ic Pctm. the ramons are predommant ; and no-
thing that's violent can be of long Con-
tinuance. But V'irtues and Habits, which are not
to be acquired all of a fudden, are proper for the
Epic Poem, whofe At5tion confequently muft have a
greater Length. The Epopcea may contain the Ac-
tions of feveral Years ; but, in the Opinion of the
Critics, the Time of the principal Adtion, from the
Place where the Poet begins his Narrative, ought not
to exceed the Compafs of one Year ; as the Time of
a Tragic Adion ought not, at moft, to take up a-
bove one Day. Flowever, Arijlotle and Horace are
filent about it j and Homer and Virgil feem to have
obferv'd no fix'd Rule in that refped:. The Adlion
of the whole Iliad takes up but fifty Days ; and that
of the Odyjfey, from the Beginning cf the Poet's
Narrative, about two Months; that of the ^neid
about a Year ; and Telemachus fpends but one Sum-
mer from his failing from Cahpfo's Ifiand to his Re-
turn to Ithaca. Our Pcet has chofen a middle way
between the Impetuofity and Vehemence with which
the Grecian runs to his Conclufion, and the majeftic
and meafur'd Proceeding oi\\\t Latin Poet, who fom.e-
times fecms to be flow, and to lengthen out his Nar-
ration too much.

When the Adtion of the Epic Poem
*:VNarra. " ''^ ^*^"g» ^"^ -'^ot continu'd, the Poet
ticn, divides his Fable into two Parts j the

one,

EPIC PO ETR r. iz

one, m which the Hero fpcaks, and relates his paft
Adventures ; the other, wherein the Poet only gives
the Narrative of what afterwards befals his Hero.
Thus Homer does not begin his Narration till after
XJiyJJh is fail'd from the Illand of Ogyg'ia ; nor Virgil
his, till after JEncas is arriv'd at Carthage, The
Author of Telemachus has perfe£lly imitated thofe two
great Models. Like them he divides his Action into
two Parts ; the principal of which contains what he
himfelf relates, and begins where 'Telemachus con-
cludes the Recital of his Adventures to Calypfo. He
takes little Matter in hand, but treats it at large, and
beftows no lefs than Eighteen Books upon it. The
other Part is of far greater Extent, both for the
Number of Incidents, and the Space of Time : But
is much more contracted as to Circumftances ; fo
that it takes up only the firft fix Books. By this Di-
vifion of what our Poet relates, and of what he
makes Tckmachiis recount, he retrenches the Time
void of Action, fuch as his Captivity in Egypt;, his
imprifonment at Tyrc^ i^c. He fliortens the Time
of his Narration. He joins together both the Faritty
and Continuity of the Adventures. All is in Motion,
all is in A6tion throughout his Poem. His principal
Perfons are never idle ; and his Hero never dli'ap-
pears.

II. Of

12 [^DISCOURSE tipov

II. Of the MORAL.

Virtue may be recommended both by
Manners. Examples and Injlruclioyis^ either by the
Manners or by the Precepts : And in this
cur Author far furpafies all other Poets,

We are certainly indebted to Horner''^ vaft hi-
ventioriy for having perfonalized the divine At-
tributes, human PafTions, and phyucal Caufcs j
and thereby open'd a rich and incxhauftible
■Foundation of noble Fictions, which animate and
enliven every thing in Poetry. But his Rciigiou
is little elfe than a Heap of Fables, which have no-
thing in "them that conduces to make the
, Charafters Deity either reverenced or beloved. The
God'"''"'^ C/.'rtrrt<-7^ri of his Gods are even below
thofe of his Heroes : Nor have Pytha-
goras^ Plato, Phihjiraius, iho' Heathens like him-
ieJf, juftified his having thus debafed the Divine
Nature, under pretence that whrit he fays of it is
an Juegcry, fometimes Phyjieal^ fometimes Moral.
Fcr, befides that 'tis againfl the Nature of the Fable,
to make ufe of Moral AtSiions to exprefs Phyfical
lLfFe(Sts5 they thought it of dmgerous Confequence
to reprefent the Confli6b of the Elements, and the
common Phcenoniena of Nature, by vicious Actions
afcribed to the heavenly Powers, and to teach Mo-
rality by Allegories, ••.\hich litterally point out nothing
but Vice.

Ho?ner's Fault may in fome meafure be «xtenua-
ted, by confidering the Darknefs, Ignorance and
Manners of the Age he liv'd in, and the fmall Pro-
grefs Philofophy had made in his '1 ime. Bur, with-
out entering into fuch an Encjuiry, let it fuffice to

obferve.

EPICPOETRT. j^

obierv^e, that the Author of Tckmachtts^ in imitating
what is beautiful in the Fables of the Greek Poet,
has avoided two great Faults for v/hicli he is blamed.
Like Horner^ he perfonalizes the divine Attributes,
and makes them inferior Deities ; but he never brings
them in, but upon fuch Occafions as merit theis
Prefence ; nor does he ever make them fpeak or aiSl
but in a manner worthy of themfelves. He artfully
joins together Homer'j Poetry iv'tth the Philofophy of
Pythagoras. He fays nothing but what the Heathens
might have fai-d ; and yet he has made them fay
what is moft fublime in Cljriflian A'Jorality, and
thereby has fliev/n, that this Morality is written in
indelible Characters in the Heart of Man, and that
he would infallibly difcover them there, if he fol-
iov/'d the Dictates of pure and fimple Reafon, in or-
der to deliver himfelf entirely up to that Sovereign
and Univerfal Truth, which enlightens .all. Spirits.,
juft as the Sun enlightens all Bodies, and withpjjt
which any Man's Reafon is nothing but Darknefs zvA
Error.

The Ideas our Poet gives of the Deity,
are not only worthy \)f him, but like- ."/hJ^c;;""'
wife iniinitely endearing and amiable to
Men. Every thing inipires Confidence and Love ;
a gentle Piety ; a noble and free Adoration due to
the abfolute Perfe6tion of the Infiniie Being ; and
not a fuperftitious, gloomy, and ferviiu Worfhip,
which feizes upon, and depreffes the Heart of Man,
when he looks upon God only as a powerful Legif-
lator, who puniflies with Rigour ?.vA Severity the
Breach of his Laws.

He reprefents G o D to us a Lover of Mankind ;
whofe Love and Beneficence are not given up to the
blind Decrees of a fatal Deftiny, nor merited by the

pompous

14 ^DISCOURSE upon

pompous Appearance of an outward Worfliip, nor
fubje6l to the fantaftlc Caprice of the Heathen Dei-
ties ; but ever regulated by the immutable Law of
Wifdom, which cannot but love Virtue, and deals
with Men, not according to the Number of the Ani-
mals but of the Pajftons they facriiice.

The Charaiiers Homer gives to his
ners of Ho- heroes are more eaiily juitiry d tnan
wer's Heroes, thofe hc afcribes to his Gods. It is cer-
tain, he paints Men with Simplicity,
Strength, Variety, and PalTion. Our Ignorance of
the Cuftomsof a Country, of the Ceremonies of its
Religion, of the Genius of its Language j the gene-
ral fault of xMen in judging of all according to the
Tafle of the Age they live in, and of their own Na-
tion J the .Love of Pomp and falfe Magnificence,
which has adulterated pure, primitive Nature : all
thefe may lead us into Error, and make us look upon
That as infipid, which was highly efteem'd in ancient
Greece,

Although it feems more Natural and
SL'IVe-I Pliilofophical to diftinguKh Tragedy from
Poetry, the the Epic Pocm, by the Difference of their
Pathmc and refpedLive Moral V^iews, as we did at
tiie ,ra . ^j.|j. . y^^ ^g j^^.g j^^^ determine, whe-
ther, as Arijhtle fuggefts, there may not be two
forts of E^ic Poems, the one Patbcilc^ the other
Moral \ one, where the great Pajfions reign ; the
other, where the great Virtues triumph. The Iliad
and Odyjfey may ferve for Inflances of thofe two
kinds : For in the one, Jchilles is naturally repre-
fented with all his faults ; fometimes fb favage and
intradable, as to preferve no manner of dignity in
his Anger ; and fometimes fo furious, as even to
facrifice his Country to his Refentmem. Although

tne

EPIC POEIRT. 15

the Hero of the Odyjfey be more regular than the
youthful, hot, impetuous Achilles -y yet neverthefs the
wife Uly£cs is often faHe and deceitful ; becaufe the
Poet drav/s Men with SimpUcity, and as they generally
are. Valour is often allay'd with a fierce and brutifh
Revenge ; and Policy is generally join'd with Lying
and DifTimulation. To paint after the Life, is paint-
ing like Hiimr.

Without criticizina; upon the different
Views of the Iliad and Odyffcy, a curfory ^Z^'-^iEtl
Obfervation of their various Beauties may Po;ms are
fuffice to raife an Admiration of the Art Jo'"'<i i" 7«-
WMth v/hich our Author joins together, in '^"'"^t"^-
his Poem, thofe two forts of Ejnc Poetry, the Pa-
thetic and the Moral We behold m that wonderful
Pi(5ture an admirable Mixture and Contraft of Vir-
tues and Pajfwm : It ofFers to the Sight nothing
too great; but equally reprefents both the Excellence
and Meaniie/s of Man. It is dangerous to fhew us
one without the other: but nothing is more profita-
ble than to lay them both together before our Eyes ;
for perfect Juftice and Virtue require, that a Man
fhould, at once, value and dcfpife, love and abhor
himfelf. Our Poet does not xzxk.T'ehmachus above
Humanity, but makes him only fall into fuch Weak-
nelTcs as are compatible with a fincere Love of Vir-
tue ; and his very WeaknefTes ferve to reform him,
by infpiring him with a Diflruft of himfelf, and of
his own Strength. He does not render the Imitation
of him impofiible, by beftowing an unblc'mi{i"v'd Per-
feciion upon him ; but excites our Emulation, by
fetting befcre our Eyes the Example of a young
Man, who with the fame Impcrfedlions every Man
finds about him, performs the mod noble and virtu-
ous Actions. He has united together, in the Cha-

rader

i6 ^ D I S C O U R S E f;;;*^;/

ra£lerof his Hero, the Courage of JchilleSy the Wif-
dom of U/yJ/es^ and the Piety of /Eneas : For Telc-
machus is paffionate like the firft, without being fa-
vage ; politic, like the fecond, without being deceit-
ful; and tender, like the third, without being volup-
tuous.

Another way of inftrudling'is by Pre-

2. Of Moral cepts. The Author of Telemachus joins

Jnftolaions. together noble InftrucStions, with heroic

Examples; Home/s Morality, with ^ir-

Ql^alities of ^//'s Manners. His Morality, however,

the Morality j^^^ three Excellencies, which were want-

mg in that or the Ancients, whether

Poets or Philofophcrs. It is fubiime in its Principles,

Jtoble in its Motives, and univerjal in its practical

Ufes.

F'lrji^ Sublime in its Principles. It re-
, '•. S"J'""'2 ^^^]jg from a profound Knowledge of bu-
rn Its Pr;n- 1. , T 1 J A /r ■ i •

ciples. "^^'1 Nature. It leads a Man mto hrs

own Heart ; unfolds to him the fecret
Springs of his Paffions ; the latent Windings of his
Self-love ; the Difference between falfeand folid Vir-
tues. From the Knov/ledge oi Man, it foars to the
Knowledge of G o D himfelf. It makes us every-
where fenfible, that the infinite Being inceflantly
works within us, in order to render us both Good
and Happy ; that he is the immediate Sourcir of all
our Knowledge, and of all our Virtues ; that we are
no lefs indebted to him for our Reafon, than for Life
itfelf ; that his fovereign TruUi ought to be our fole
Light and Guide, and his lupreme Will the Rule of
all our Affections ; that, for want of confulting that
univerfal and immutable Wifdom, Man fees nothing
but deluding Phantoms ; and, for want of hearkening
to itj hears nothing but the confuted Nolle of his Paf-

fioiis 5

EPIC POETRT. 17

fions ; that folid Virtues are like fomething foreign
planted in us ; and are not the Refult of our own En-
deavours, but the Work of a Power fupcrior to Man,
which acts in us when w^ do not ob(lru^5l it, and of
whofe Operation we arc fometimes infenfible, by rea-
lon of its Delicacy. We are taught, at laft, that
without this firft and fovereign Power, which raifes
Man above himfelf, the moll: fhining Virtues are but
Refinements of Self-love, that makes itfelf the Cen-
ter of all, becomes its own Deity, and is, at once,-
both the Idolator and the Idol. Nothing is more to be
admired, than the Picture of the Philofopher whom
Telemachus faw in Hell, and whofe only Crime was
the having idoliz'd his own Virtue.

Thus our Author's Morality is calculated to make
us forget our own Being, in order to refer it wholly
to the Supreme Being, and to render us his devout
Adorers ; as the Defign of his Politics is to make us
prefer the public before the f)rivate Good, and to
infpire us with the Love of Mankind, The Syltems
of Machia-yel and Hobbes, and of Puffendorjf and
Grotius, two more fober Authors, are well known.
The two firft, uuder the vain and falfe Pretence, that
the Good of Society has nothing in common with the
eflential Good of Man, which is Virtue, lay dov/11
no other Maxims of Government, but Craft, Arti-
fice, Stratagems, Tyranny, Jnjuliice and Irreligion.
The two laft Authors ground their Politics wholly
on Pagan Principles, which even fall Tnort either
of Pt'ato's Commonwealth, or Tullys OfHces. 'Pis
true, thefe two Modern Philofophers have labour'd
to be profitable to human Society, and have refer'd
alnioit every thing to the Happincfs of Mail in a
Civil Capacity. But the Author of TcUmachui is an
Original, in having united the mofl perfect Politics,

with.

iS y^DISCOURSE upo7i

with the Notions of the moft confummate Virtue.
The great Principle on v/hich his whole Syftem turns,
is, That the whole World is but an univerial Com-
monwealth, and every Nation like a large Family.
PVom this beautiful and glorious Idea refuit what the
Politicians call the Laivs of Nature^ and of Nations^
equitable, generous, and full of Humanity. Every
fuigle Country is no more confider'd as independent
from the reft ; but all Mankind as an iudivifible
Whole. We are no longer confined to the Love
of our own Country alone j but our AfFedion is im-
meafurably enlarged, and we embrace, with univcrfal
Friendfhip, all the Sons of Men. From hence arifes a
Love for Strangers ; the mutual Confidence between
neighbouring Nations ; Good Faith, Juilice and
Peace among the Princes of the Univerfe, as well as
between the private Men of each State. Our Au-
thor teaches us likewife, that the Glory of a Supreme
Governor lies in making Men both Good and Hap-
py ; that the Prince's Authority is never more firmly-
fettled, than when it ftands on the AfTe^lions of the
People ; and that the true Riches of a Kingdom con ■
fift in retrenching all the falfe Appetites of Life, in
being contented with Neceflaries, and with thofe
Pleafures which are fimple and innocent. By this
he fhews, That Virtue not only contributes to qualify
Man for future Felicity; but alfo adually renders So-
ciety as happy as it can be in this Life.
2. TheM^ Secondly^ The Morality of Telemachus

rafity of Ti- IS Noblc in its Alotlvcs. His great Prin-
hmacbus is ciplc is, That the Love of Decency is to
ModveT. "' be preferred before the Love of Pleafure^
as Socrates and Plato ufed to fpeak ; or
the Honejl before the Agreeable^ according to T.iilly\
Expreffion. Behold the Source of noble Sentiments,

Gieatnefs

EPICPOETRr, ~ 19

Greatnefs of Soul, and all Heroic Virtues ! 'Tis
by thefe pure and elevated Ideas that he overthrows,
in a more affecting manner than by Difputation, the
vain Philofophy of thoie, who 77iake Pleajnrc the only
Spring zvhich moves the human Soul. Our Poet
fhews, by the excellent Morality he makes his Heroes
fpeak, and the generous Actions he caufes them to
perform, how far the Love of Decency and of Per-
fection^ may prevail with a noble Spirit, and make
him facriiice his Pleafure to the toilforne Duties of
Virfue. I am not ignorant, that this heroic Vir-
tue pades for a Chimera among vulgar Souls, and
that the Men of Fancy and Imagination have en-
deavoured to explode this fublime and folid Truth by
many frivolous and defpicabie Witticifms ; becaufe
finding nothing in themfelves equal to thofe great
Sentiments, they therefore conclude, that human
Nature is not capable of them. Thefe are Dwarfs,
who judge of the Strength of Giants by their owrw
Minds that are continually grovelling within tiie nar-
row bounds of Self Love., will never be able to com-
prehend the Power and Extent of a Virtue that raifes
Man above himfelf. Some Philofophers, who other-
wife have made ufeful Difcoveries, have yet been
fo far hurried away by Prejudice, as not fufficiently
to diflinguifh between the Love of Order, and the
Love of Pleafure ; and to deny, that the Will may
be as Itrongly moved by the clear Vieiv of Truth, as
by the blind Serfation of Pleafure, One cannot feri-
oufly read Telemachus, without being convinced of
that great Principle. There we fee the generous
Sentiments of a noble Soul, which conceives nothing
but what is great ; of a difintereftcd Heart, which
continually forgets itfclf; of a Philofopher, who is
not confined either to himfelf, or his own Nation,

or

20 y^DISCOURSE upon

or indeed to any thing particular ; but who refers all
to the common Good of Mankind, and all Mankind
to the fupreme Being.

In the Third Place, the Morality of

3; TheM,- T'elnuachus is, in its Practical Ufes, Uni-

Znlcbu! is" verfal, extenfive, fruitful, and adapted

Univrral .n to all Times, Nations, and Conditions.

its piacl.cal Here are taueht the Duties of a Prince,

UlSS. , . ^ fir. in- •

who IS at once a Kmg, a W amor, a
Philofopher, and a Legidator. Here is difplayed
the Art of governing different Nations ; the Way of
maintaining Peace abroad with our Neighbours ;
and yet of having ftill at home a warlike Race of
Youth, always ready to defend the Kingdom; of
enriching the Nation without falling into Luxury ;
and of finding a Medium between the Excefiss of
a Dcfpotic Powa\ and the Diforders of Anarchy.
Here are diipenfed Precepts for Agriculture, Com-
merce, liberal Arts, civil Government, and the
Education of Children. Our Author brings into
his Poem, not only herofc and royal Virtues, but
even fuch as are proper for all" Conditions. While he
is forming the Mind of his Prince, he inftru6ts no lefs
every private Man in his Duty.

1 he End of the Uiad is to reprefent the fatal Con-
fequences of Divifions among the Genends of an
Army. The Odyjfcy lets us know, what Prudence,
joined with Valour, may enable a King to do: And
the /Encid defcribes the Actions of a pious and cou-
rageous Hero. But all thefe particular Virtues do
not render Mankind happy. Telernachus excels all
thefe Plans, in the Greatnefs, Number, and Extenfive-
nefs of his Moral Views ; fo that we may Aiy,
with the Philofopher who has criuicizcd upon

EPIC POET'RT. 21

Homer, * 77;^? 7no/l profitable Gift the

Mufes ever bejhwed upon Mm, is Te- ^ The Abbot

lemachus : For, if the Happinefs of Man- "'^■^'"'

kind could rejult from a Foem^ it would arife from

this.

Of //;^ P O E T R Y.

It is an excellent Obfervation of Sir JVilliam

Temple, That the Powers of Mufic^ the Beauty of

Fainting, and the Force of Eloquence, ought to be

united in Foetry : But, as Foetry differs only from

Eloquence in that ii paints with Enthufiapn, we rather

chufe to fay, That Foetry borrows its Harmony from

Muftc^ its Faffions from Fainting, its Force and

Jujlnefs fiom Fhilofophy.

The Style of -Lelemachus is polite,

clean, flowing, magnincent, and hath ^ ."'l^"',°"y
^^ ."-,,■ /- r 7- '1 i CI the scvie or

all the Copiouineis of Hoiner, without 7;/^„,^^.i'^,.

his Luxuriancy of Vv^ords. He never

falls into Tautology ; and, when he fpcaks twice of

the fame things, he does not call back the fame

Images, much lefs does he ufe the fame Exprcflions

over again. All his Periods fill the Ear with their

'Numbers and Cadency, nor is it ever fhock'd with

haifli Words, abftrufe Terms, or affeded Turns.

He never fpeaks merely for the fake of fpeaking, or

only of pleahng: All his Words carry a Thought,

and evti-y Thought tends to the making of us good.

Out Poet's Images are no lefs fcrfedl,

than his Style harmonious. To paint, ^ ^='"''«"'^^

1 1 r -I Tt.* u .. . of the P..int-

is not only to defcnoe I hmgs, but to -^^^ ^^ ^^/^.
repit-icnt their Ciicumihrxes in fo lively macbus.
and fo affedling a manner, that we may

fanfy

T2 ^DISCOURSE upon

fanfy we fee them. As the Author of TeletnacJms
had ftudy'd the Heart of Man, and was acquainted
with all its Springs, fo he paints the PafTions with ad-
mirable Art. When we read his Poem, we can fee
nothing but what he fets before our Eyes ; we have
no Ears but for his Perfon fpeaking : He warms, he
rouzes, he tranfports us ; and we feel all the Paffions
he delcribes.

The Poets generally make ufe of two
Of the Si- Ways of Painting, viz. Similies and De-
"ni;;::;f :? fir-^P''-^- The Simmes of r^lemackus
Teleir.acbus. are j^///? and Noble, The Author does
not raife the Mind too far above his
Subject by extravagant Metaphors ; neither does he
perplex it by too great a Variety of Images. He
has imitated all that is great and beautiful in the Dc-
fcriptions of the Ancients, their Combats, Games,
Shipwrecks, Sacrifices, and the like j without dwel-
ling on trifling Things that make the Narrative flag j
and without debafing the Majefty of the Epic Poem
by the Defcription of low and difagreeable Things.
Sometimes he defcends to Particulars : But he never
fays any thing but what deferves Attention, and
contributes to the Idea with which he' would imprefs
us. He follows Nature in all its various Forms. He
knew perfcitly well. That all manner of Difcourfes-
ought to have Inequalities., and be fometimes fub'itne
without Bombaft, and fometimes plain without being
low. It is a falfe Tade to affedl Embellifliments
every-where. His Defcriptions are magnificent, but
natural j fimple, and yet agreeable. He not only
paints to the life, but his Pictures themfelves arc
amiable. He joins Truth of Defign, to Beauty of
Colouring j the Fire ©f Horner^ to the Majefty of

Virgil,

EPIC POETRr. 23

J^irgU. Nor is this all ; the Defcriptions in this Poem
are not only calculated to pleafe, but to infi;ru6l at
the fame time. If the Author fpeaks of a rural Life ;
it is to recommeud its lovely Simplicity of Manners.
If he defcribes Games and Combats; it is not only
to celebrate the Funeral of a Friend or of a Father,
as in the Iliad and Mneid\ but in order to chufe a
King who may furpafs all other Men in Strength of
Mind as v/ell as Body, and uho may be equally ca-
pable of bearing the Fatigue of both. If he repre-
fents to us the Horrors of a Shipwreck; 'tis to in-
fpire his Hero with Conftancy of Mind, and v/ith an
entire Refignation to the Gods, in the utmoft Dan-
gers. I might run over all thefe Defcriptions, and
find in them the like Beauties : But I (hall content
myfelf with obferving, that in this neiv Edition^ the
Sculpture on the dreadful Mgh (or Shield) which Mi-
nerva fends to Tele?nachus^ is full of Art, and contains
this fublimc Moral, That Sciences and Agriculture are
the Buckler of a Prince^ and the Support of a King-
dom : That a King armed -with TViJdom ahuays feeks
Peace^ and ever finds plentiful Supplies againf all the
Calamities of War in a well difcipUncd and laborious
People^ whofe Minds and Bodies are equally inured to
Toil.

Poetry draws its Force and Juftnefs
from Philofophy. We fee every-where PJiilofophy
in Telemachits, a rich, lively, and agree- ° ^'•''"'W'^/-'"^.
able Imagination, and, at the fame time,
a juft and profound Judgment. Thefe two Qiiali-
ties feldom meet in the iame Perfon : For the Mind
muft be in an almoft continual Motion to invent,
to raife the Pafiions, and to imitate; and at the fame
time, in a perfect Tranquillity, to judge as faft as it
invents, and, among a thoufand I'houghts that

offer

24 ^DISCOURSE upon

offer thcmfelves, to fele(5l the mofl proper. The
Imagination muft fufter a fort of Rapture and Eii-
thufiafm, whilft the Mind, calm in her Dominion,
curbs and directs it as flie pleafes. Without this
Tranfport, which animates all, the Narration appears
cold, languid, abftratSted, hiftorical ; and, without
this exquifite and over-ruling Judgment, it is falfe
and deceitful.

The Fire § of Hoiner^ efpecially in
Coirpjrifon the ///W, is impetuous and fierce, like
of %uThl a fl^'"i"g Whirlpool that fets all in
wiih mmcr Combuftion. The Fire of Virgil has
and Virgil. more Light than Warmth, but is ever
equally bright. That of Tcleinachus warms and en-
lightens at once, according as there is occafion either
to perfuade or ftrike the Pallions. When this Flame
fhines out, it gives, at the fame time, a gentle and
inoffenfive Heat ; fuch as we find in the Difcourfes
of Mentor upon Politics, and in thofe of Telemachus
expounding the Laws of Minos., Szc. Thefe pure
Ideas fill the Mind with their gentle Light j where-
as

^ Mr. Pope, in his Preface to the Tranflation of Homer'' s
Iliad, has this Obfervation, " Where this Poetical Fire
*' appears, thcjgh attended with Ablurdiucs, it brightens
" ail the Rubbilh about it till we fee noching but its
" own Splendor. This Fire is diicern'd in Virgil ; but
*• difcern'd as through a Glafs, refleded and more fhrning
♦• than warm, but every -where equal and conilant. In
" Lucan and Stotius, it burlls out in fuddcn, fhort, and
" interrupted Fla{hes : In Miltofi, it glows like a Furnace
•' kept up to an uncommon Fiercenefs by the force of Art:
*' In Shfik(:peare, it ftiikes before we are aware, like an
•* Accidental Fire from Heaven : But in Homer, and in
" him only, it burns every-where clearly, and every-wheie
" irrefiftibly."

EPIC POETRT. 25

as Enthufwf7n and Poetic Fire would offend, like the
too fierce Ravs of the Sun, which dazzle the Sight.
When there is no more occafion for Reafoning, but
only for Ading ; when the Truth is clearly dif-
cover'd ; and when the Mind hefuates merely iVom
Irrefolutlon ; then the Poet excites a Fire and a
Pafiion that determines ; and bears away the debi-
litated Soul, which wanted Courage to refign her-
felf to Truth. The Epifoch of the Amours of Te-
lemachus in the Ifland of Calypfi, is full of this fort of
Fire.

This excellent and judicious Mixture of Brightnefs s
and IVarmth^ diiiinguifhes cur Poet kom Ihmer and
Virgil. The Entbufiajm of the firft m.akes him
fometimes forget the Rules _of Art, neglecl Order,
and trefpafs upon the Bounds of Nature. The
Strength and rapid Flight of his great Genius hur-
ry'd him away in fpite of himfelf, The pompous
Magnificence, the found Judgment, and CondufI: of
Virgil^ fometimes degenerate into a too formal Re-
gularity, wherein the Poet Teems to dwindle into an
Hiftorian. Tht; latter, however, is far better Jiiced
by our Philofophical Modern Poets, than the former ;
undoubtedly, becaufe they are fenuble, that 'tis far
eafier to imitate l-y Art the great Judgment of the
Latin Poet, than the noble Fire of the Grecian^ which
Nature alone can bcUow.

Our Author cannot but pleafe all fort^ of Poets,
whether they be Philojophers, or only Admirers of
Enthufiafm. He has united the XJlearnels -and Soli-
dity of the Vnderfianding., with the Charms of the
Imagination ; he proves Truth as a I" hilolcpher j he
renders the Truth he has proved amiable by the
Sentiments he excites. With him all is folid, true,
perfuafivej and engaging; witiiout any Wiuicifms

C (K

26 y^DIS COURSE lUon

or glittering Thoughts, which are only dcfign'd (•
make the Author admir'd. He has tbllowed the
great Precept of Plato, who fays, That whoever
writes, ought to corueal himjclf, difappear, and he
forgotten J and only fet ]':rih the Truths he intends to
perfwade, and the PoJJions he means to purify and re-
fine.

In Telcmachns all is Reafon^ all is Thought. This
makes it a Poem for all Nations, and for all Ages.
All Foreigners are equally afteiSled with it. Nor
do the TranJIations that ha\'e been made of it into
Languages kfs nice and polite than the French, ef-
face its original Beauties. The learned
dI£!^^ Dcfendrefs * oiHoirier allures us, 'Ihat
the Greek Poet lofes infinitely by a Trartf-
laiion, it being i?npoJfiLle to convey into it the Force,
hloblcnefs, and Spirit of his Poetry : But we make
bold to fay. That Telemachus will ever preferve in
all Languages, its Strength, Noblenefs, Spirit, and
efiential Beauties. The Rcafon of it is, bccaufe the
Kxcellency of this Poem does not lie in the happy and
harmonious ranging of the Words, nor even in the
Beauties borrow'd from the Imagination ; but in a
fublime Tafte of Truth, in noble and elevated Senti-
ments, and in the natural, delicate, and judicious
manner of treating them. Such Beauties are of all
Languages, Times, and Countries, and equally af-
fect found Judgments, and great Souls, throughout
the Univerfe.

Several Obje£lions have been rais'd
tinn againft againft Tekniachus ; and, firfl of all,
'Xclcmadui. That it is not in Verfeor Rhime.

Verfification, according to Arifotle,
Dionyfius of Halicarnafjus, and Straho,

is

EPICPOETRT. 27

is not efTential * in an Epic Poem, which may be
written in i''rofe, as well as fome IVagedies are writ-
ten without Rhimes. A Man may make Verfes with-
out Poetry ; and write very poetically without vcrfi-
fying. Vcrfification may be learn'd or imitated by
Art, but a Man muft be born a Poet. Poetry doth
not confift in the fixed Number, and regular Cadence
of Syllables j but in a lively Fi£lion, bold Figures,
and the Beauty and Variety of Images. It is That
.Enthufiafm, That Fire, That Impetuofity, That
Energy, That Something in the Expreffions and
Thoughts, which Nature alone can beftow. All
thefe Qualities are found in Tclemacbus, whofe Au-
thor therefore has perform'd what Strabo fays of Cad-
tnus^ Pberecides and Hecateus -, He has perfeSlly vnita-
ted Poetry, except only his not ohjerving the Meafure of
it, but he has prefervd all the other Poetical Beauties. .
This M. de la Motte has happily exprefs'd in one of
his Odes t, to this Effect :

In this our Jge another Homer UveSy

And all that''s great in ancient Greece revives :

By Virtue'^ felf this Poem was deftgnd ;

T' injhu^t the fVorld, and to reform Mankind',

^fhat Truth'j Jiupcndous Heights the Bard might

[cll/ilbf

Th' indulgent Mufe unfettered him from Rlmne.

Moreover, I doubt, whether the Conftraint of

Rhimes, and the fcrupulous Regularity of our Eu-

C 2 ropeatij

* This is befl: evcmplificd by our grc.it Engiijh Poets,
vho have written in Blank f^erje

\ Firll Ode of M. de la Metis to the French /\cademy.

2S yf D I S C O U R S E tipon

ropean Conflniclion, together wuh the fixed and'
nieafured Number of Feet, would not very much
flacken the FHght and Vehemence of Heroic Poe-
try. Effecluaily to flrike and raife the Paifions,
Order and Conne£lion muft often be difregarued ;
and therefore the ancient Greek and Koinan Poets,
who painted and dcfcribed every thing with Viva-
city and Taftc, made u{c or Inverted Phrafes^ and
their Words having no fix'd Place, they marfliai'd
them as they thought convenient. The European
Languages are a Compound of the Latin, and of
the jargons of all the barbarous Nations, that fub-
dued the Ro?nan Empire. Thcfe Northern People,
like the bleak Climate from whence they came,
froze up every thing by a frigid Formality of iSjn-
tox'i being unacquainted with that beautiful Va-
riety of long and fhort Syllables, which fo well ex-
preli'es the delicate Motions of the Soul. 'Fhey pro-
nounced every thing with the fame Coldnefs, and
knew no other Harmony in Words, than the vain
jin-rle of final Syllables of the fame Sound. Some
JtalianSi and a few Spaniards, have endeavour'd to
free their Verjification from the 'Forture
* I fuppofe of Rhime ; in which Attempt an Eng-
the Author i-jjj p^gj ^ jj33 ,^gj wonderful Succels,

ir^r.. and has likewife very happily begun to

introduce Invcrfions of Phraics into his
Language. Who knows but the French may one
Day refume that noble Liberty of the Greeks and
Rornaus f

There are thofe, who, thro' a grofs
2d Ohjec-' Ignorance of the noble Freedom of the
S/Lai^'!"'^ ii;/VPoem, have found fault with T^V^-
machusy for being full of Anachronijms.

The

EPIC P 0 ETIir. '29

The Author of this Poem has herein
imitated the Prince of the L^itin Poets, " ^^"'

who could not be ignorant, that Dido was not co-
temporary witli /Eneas. Pygmalion, in Telemachus^
Brother to the fame Dido ; Scfojiris^ who is fuppos'd
to have liv'd about the fame time, ^c. are not
Faults any more than the Anachrorafm of Virgil.
Why fhould we blame a Poet for breaking through
the Order of Time, when it is fometimes a Beauty
to break through the Order of Nature ? I own, it
would not be allovv^'d to contradiil a Hiflory in a
Matter of Facl not far off from the prefent Time \
but as to remote Antiquity, whofe Annals are fo un-
certain, a!>d wrapt up in fo great Obfcurity, a Poet,
in the Opinion of Jrijfotle and Horace, ought fome-
times to follow Probability rather than Truth. Some
Hillorians have written, that Dido was chafte ; Pene-
lopeXook; that Helen was never in Troy, or Mncas in
Italy j and yet Homer and Virgil have not fcrupled to
deviate from Hirtory, in order to render their Fables
more inftrudive. Why fhould the Author of Teie-
maehusy whofe Defign was to inftru6i a young Prince,
be deny'd the Liberty of bringing together the Heroes
of Antiquity, Telemachns, Sefojiris, Nejior, Idon^e-
iieus, Pygmalion^ and Adralius-, in order to exprefs in
the fame Picture, the Characters of good and bad
Princes, whofe Virtues were to be imitated, and whofe
Vices to be avoided ?

Some few find fault with the Author
of Telemachus^ for having related in his ^-.^^ a^ll-ft
Poem the Story of the Amours of Ca- Telemacbus.
lypfo and Eucharis, and feveral other
Defcriptions of that Nature, which feem too paflio-
iiate.

C -i The

30 yfDISCOURSE upon

The beft Anfwer to this Obje£llon is»
"^"" the Effect which this Poem wrought on
the Mind of the Prince for whofe Inftrudion it was
written : Perfons of an inferior Condition ftand not fo
much in need of being caution 'd againft the Dangers
to which Elevation and Power expofe thofe who are
deftin^ to wear a Crown. If our Poet had written
for a Man who was to pafs away his Life in Obfcu-
rity, fuch Defcriptions would, indeed, have been of
no great Ufe to him ; but for a young Prince, in the
midlt of a Court where Gallantry pafles for Polite-
nefs, where every Obje6l mull unavoidably awaken
his Relifh for Pleafure, and where all that furround
him, are bufy to feduce him; nothing, certainly,
was more neceffary, than to reprefent to him, with
that amiable Modefty, Innocence, and Wifdom, that
are confpicuous in Tclemachns^ all the alluring Arts
of criminal Love ; than to paint to him that Vice in
its imaginary Beauty, in order to make him fenfible
afterwards of its real Deformity ; than to fhcw him
the whole Depth of the Abyfs, to prevent his falling
into it, and even to keep him from coming near the
Brink of fo horrid a Precipice. 'Twas therefore a
Piece of Wifdom worthy our Author, to caution his
Difciple againfl the extravagant Paffions of Youth,
by Calypfoi Fable ; and to give him, in the Story
of Antiope^ the Example of a chafte and lawful
Love. By reprefenting to us, in this manner, that
PaiTion, ibmetimes as a Weaknefs unworthy of a
great Soul, fometimes as a Virtue worthy of a Hero,
he fhews us, that Love is not below the Majcfty of
Epic Poetry, and thereby he unites, in his Poem, the
tender Paflions of modern Romances, with the heroic
Virtues of ancient Poetry.

Some

EPIC FOE'T RT, 31

Some are of opinion, that the Author
oi Tehnachus exhaufts his Subject too 4thOljec.
much through the Luxunancy and Kicli- TcliKachus.
nefs of his Genius ; that he fays all,
and leaves nothing for others to think; that:, like
Horner^ he fets whole Nature before our Eyes ; whereas
we are generally better pleafed with an Author, wlio,
like Horace^ comprehends a great deal of Matter in a
few Words, and gives his Readers the Satisfaction of
unfolding his Hints.

'Tis certain, that it is not poflible for ^ ,
the Imagination to add any thin^ to our
Poet's Pidures : But, as the Mind attends his No-
tions, it both opens and extends itfelf. When hs
only intends to defcribe, his Pai:uings are Hniflied
and perfe6t ; and when he infcructs, his Knowledge
is fruitful, and we difcover a vad Extent of noble
Thoughts, which did not at firit appear, and Vv'hich
even all his fertile Eloquence did not exprefs. He
leaves nothing for Fancy to imagine, and yet afTords
the Mind a great deal of Matter for Refie^ition. This
is properly adapted to the Charadter of the Prince for
whom alone this VVork was defigned. There {hone
in him, through his Infancy, a fruitful and hnppylma
gination, an elevated and extenfive Genius, which
made him relifh the Beauties of Homer and Virgil.
Thefe great natural Parts fuggefled to our Author
the Delign of a Poem proper to cultivate them, and
which fhould comprehend the Excellencies of thofe
two Poets. This Affluence of fine Images was eilen-
tial in fuch a Work, to employ the Imagination, and
form the Taite of the Prince ; and to give him an
Opportunity of acquiring, as it were, of his own ac-
cord, the Truths prepared for his Mind, and to turrt
them into Nourifliment. 'Tis plaiji enough, tiiat
C 4 thofe

^1 /? D I S C O U R S E upon

thofe Beauties might as eafily have been fupprefled, as
brought forth, and that they refult from Defign as
well as Fecundity, in order to ferve both the Occafions
of the Piince, and the Views of the Author.

It has alfo been objeiled, I'hat neither

5th Objec- the Hero, nor the Fable of this Poem
Tt/Ladf/j'." have any Relation to the French Nation ;
whereas Homer zvA Virgil, by choofing
Aciiom and JSfors out of the Hirtorians of their refpec-
tive Countries, have interefted the Greeks and Rc77ians,
^ If our Author has nor interefted the

French Nation in particular, he has done
33iofe, for he has interefled all Mankind. His Plan
is much more extenfive than either of the two ancient
Poets. It is far greater to inflrudl all Men at once,
than to confine one's Precepts within a particular
Country. Self-love makes every thing center in it-
self, and fubfills even in the Love of one's Country :
But a generous Mind ought to have more enlarged
Views.

Yet, after ail, France had a particular Concern
and Satisfa6lion in a Work, calculated to form a
King, who might one Day govern her, according to
her Exigencies and Defires, like a Father of his Peo-
ple, and a ChrifHan Hero. The Dawning of that
Prince's Life, gave at once, both the Hopes and the
Fiift-Fruiis of that future Happinefs. The Neigh-
bours of France began already to fhare in it, as an
univerfal Felicity : And fo the Fable of the Greek
iecame the Hiftory of the French Prince,

'Fhe Author had fall a more excellent Defign thari
that of pleafing his own Nation ; for lie meant to
ferve her,- without her Knowledge, by contributing
towards the forming of a Prince, who, even in his in-
fant Sports, feem'd to be born to compleat her Felicity

and

EPIC POErRT. 33

and Glory. That auguftyoung Prince reliflied FabJes
and Mythology ; and therefore it was proper tu take
advantage of his Tafte, and to fhew him the Solid
and the Beautiful, the Simple and the Great, in what
he admired; and to imprint in his Mind, by affecling
Examples, the general Principles, which might arm.
him againfl: the Dangers incident to royal Birth, and
imperial Power.

With this View, a Greek Hero, an Imitation of
Homers and Virgifs Poetry, and the Hidories of
other Countries, Times and Events, fui.ied perfe(3:iy
well J and were, perhaps, the only Means to fet the
Author at full Liberty to draw and paint, with Truth
and Force, all the Dangers that threaten Sovereigns
in all fucceedino; Acres.

By a natural and neceflary Confequence, tnefe uni-
verfal Truths often have fome Analogy to the Hiftories
aiid Circumftances of the preient Age. For thefe
FiSiions, abftracPced from all Application, and intended
to inform the Infimcy of a young Prince, contain Pre-
cepts for all the Moments and Periods of his Life. -

This j^pplicability of general Lelians of Moralit^^,
to all manner of Circumftances, raifes our Admir^Ltiori
of the Author's fruitful Fancy, Penetration and VVif-
dom i but does not excufe the Injuflice of his Ene-
mies, who have malicioully endeavour'd to find in his
Tdemachus certain odious Allegories ; and who, .to turn
his .wifeft and moft moderate Counfels into iniurious
Satires againft thofe for whom he had the hlghelt
Vcneratioii, have inverted the Charadcrs, fixed ima-
ginary Refemblancesto them., and poifon'd his pureft In-
tentions. Could the Author, vv'ith any Honefty, fup-
prefs thofe fundamental Maxims of wholefome Mora-
lity and Politics, becaufe the mod cautious Manner of
delivering them that could be thought of, was not able
to Ikreen them from the Malice of Critics,

C 5 Upon

34 y^ D I S C O U R S E, 6?^.

Upon the whole matter, our illuftrious Author has
united in his Poem the grcateft Beauties uf the An-
cients : For he has all the Enthufiafm and Profufion
of Hona-y and all the Magniticence and Regularity
of Virgil. Like the Greek Poet, he paints every
thing with Force, Simplicity and Life : There is
Variety in his Fable, and Diveriity in his Characters ;
his Retledtions are moral ; his Dcltriptions lively ; his
Imagination fruitful ; and every where one meets that
Spirit and Fire which Nature alone can beftow. Like
the Latin Poet, he perfectly obferves the Unity of the
Aflion, the Uniformity of the Characters, the Order
and Rules of Art: His Judgment is profound, and
his Thoughts lofty and elevated j whilft he unites the
Natural with the Noble, and the Simple with the Sub-
lime. Every- where Jrt becomes Nature. But our
Poet's Hero is more perfedt than either the Greck^s or
the Latin's ; for his Morality is more pure, and his
Sentiments more noble. From all this we may con-
clude, that the Author of TeUmachus has fhewn by his
Poem, That the French are capable of all the Deli-
cacies of the Greeks^ and of all the great Sentiments
of the Romans \ and that the Elogy of the Authojj
is the Elogy of his own Nation.

The I-ifiD of the Difcourfe en the Epic Poem,

THE"

J3aol' .\ .

cV-,.^^ '\^,

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

TELE M A C HU S,

THE

^' S o N of U LTS S E S.

BOOK I.

The ARGUMENT.

Telemachus, led by Minerva wider the Shape of
Mentor, having fuffered Shipwreck, lands in
the IJland of the Goddefs Calypfo, who was ftill
lamenting the Departure of UlylFes. She gives
hitn a kind- Reception, is fmitten tvith Love of hiniy
offers to ?nake him imjnorial, end defircs to know
his Adventures, He relates his Voyage to Pylos

and

^6 2"/^^ Adventure s Book I.

aful Sparta ; his being Jl}ipwreckcd on the Coa/1 of
Sicily; the Danger he was in of being facrifced on
the Tomb of Anchifes ; how Mentor and he affijled
Aceftes in repelling an InCiirfion of Barbarians ; and
how that King acknowledged that Service, by giving
them a Pheniciaii Zhip to return ho?ne,

}J^ J LTP S O continu'd difconfolate for
^: the Departure oi UlyfJ'es : Her Grief
was (o violent, that Ihe thought her-
felf unhappy in being immortal : Her
Grotto no more echo'd to her tune-
ful Voice : The Nymphs that ferved
her durft not fpeak to her: She often vvalk'd alone
on the flowery Turf, with which an everlafling
Spring had edged her Ifland round. But thefe beau-
tiful Walks were fo. far from alTwaging her Grief,
that they ferved only to revive the fad Remembrance
of Vlyfjes^ vvhofe Company (he had fo often enjoyed
in thofe Places. Sometimes ^^CiZ flood uill and wept,
watering the Shore with her Tears ; and always
turning her Eyes to that Side where lJlyfJes% Ship,
ploughing the Waves, finally vanifhed from her
iSight : When, on a fuddcn, fhe pcrceiv'd the bro-
ken Pieces of a Veffel juft wreck'd j the Oars and
broken Seats of the Rov/ers fcatter'd here and there
upon the Sands ; the Maft, Rudder and Cord?.ge
floating near the Shore.

Immediately after this, flie defcry'd two Men
at a diftance, one of them appearing to be aged,
and the other, though young, refembling Vlyffes j the
fame Sweetnefs and Dignity in his Looks, the
fame Stature and majcltic Port. The Goddels
prefently knew him to be TeUr.iachus, the Son of

that

Book I. of TELEMACHUS. 57

that Hero. But though the Deities cf this Order far
furpafs all Men in Knowledge, yet {he toulcl not dif-
covervvho was the venerable Perfoji that accornpany'd
T ekinuchui : For the fuperior Gods conceal from the
inferior whatever they pleafe ; and Minerva^ who, in
the Shape of Mentor, accompany'd Telemachus, would
not be known to Calypfo.

In the mean time, Calypfo^ inwardly rejoiced at
this Shipwreck that had brought the Son of Ulyjjes^ fo
like his Father, into her Ifland, advanced towards
him ; and, without feeming to know who he was.
How had you, faid {he, the Coniidence to enter my
I{land ? Know, young Stranger, that none unpu-
jiifhed come within my Dominions. Under fuch
menacing Language {he endeavoured to cover the Joy
of her Heart, which in fpite of herfelf appeared in
her Face.

Telemachus anfwered, Oh ! whoever you are,
whether a Mortal or a Goddefs (though fure your
Afpedl fpeaks you a Deity) can you be unmoved at
the Misfortunes of a Son, who, leeking his Father
through the Dangers of V/inds and Seas, has feen his
Ship daflied in Pieces againlt your Rocks ? Who,
I pray, reply'd the Goddefs, is that Father you
feek ? He is called Ulyjfes^ faid Telemachus^ and is
one of thofe Kings, who, after a Siege of ten Years,
defjroy'd the famous City of Troy. His Name is
celebrated in all Parts of Greece and ^fia, for his
Valour in Fight, and much mpre for his Wifdom in
Council : But now he v/anders over all the Extent
of the Seas, and runs through the m.ofl: terrible Dan-
gers. His Country feems to fly from him. His Wife
Penelope^ and I, who am his Son, have loft all Hopes
of feeing him again. I run the fame Hazards he
has done, to learn where he is. But, what do I fav !

'It

3^ 7'/^^ Adventu R E s Book I.

It may be he is now bury'd in the profound Abyfs of
the Sea. Oh Goddefs ! pity our Misfortunes j and
if you know what the Fates have done, either to fave
or deftroy Ulyjfis^ vouchfafe to inform his Son Tele-
machus.

Calypfo^ fiU'd with Amazement and Compaffidn
to find fo much Wifdom and Eloquence in fo much
Youth, could not fatiate her Eyes with looking on
him, and flood for fome time filent. At laft {he faid
to him, We will inform you, O Tekmachus } what
has happened to your Father ; but the Story is long to
tell, and tis high time to repofe yourfelf after all the
Fatigues you have endured. Come into my Habita-
tion, and I will receive you as my Son : Come, you
fhall be my Comfort in this Solitude, and I will give
you Felicity, if you know how to enjoy it.

Telemachus follow'd • the Goddefs, who was fur-
rounded by a Crowd of young Nymphs, and fur-
pafs'd them all in Stature, as a well grown Oak of
the Foreft raifes his lofty Head above the reft of
the Trees. He admir'd the Luftre of her Beauty,
the rich Purple of her long and floating Robes ;
her Hair carelefly, but gracefully, ty'd behind her
Neck ; the Fire that darted from her Eyes, and the
Sweetnefs that tempered this Vivacity. Mentor
with down-caft Eyes, and modefl Silence, follow'd
'Telemachus.

Arriving at the Entrance of Calypfo's Grotto,
Telemachus was furprized to fee whatever could
charm the Eye, cover'd under the Appearance of
rural Simplicity. There was neither Gold nor
Silver to be feen, no Marble nor Columns, no
Paintings nor Statues : But the Grotto was cut
into divers Vaults within the Rock, which were

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Book I. oftELEMACHUS. ' 99

incrufted Vvith Shells and Rock - work. The
Tapeftry was a young Vine, extending its tender
Branches equally on every Side. The gentle Ze-
phyrs preferv d a refrefhing Coolnefs in this Place,
fecure from the fcoiching Heat of the Sun«
Springs of pure Water ran fweetly murmuring
through the Meadows, that were painted with Violets
and Amaranths, and fornicd divers natural Baths,
as clear and as bright as Cryltal. A ui^ufand fpring-
ing Flowers enameli'd the green CaTJCt that fur-
rounded the Grotto. Theie was an entire Wood of
thofe tufted Trees that bear golden Apples, and put
forth BloiToms in all Seafons, yielding the fweeteft
of all Perfumes. 7 iiis Wood fcetn'd to crown the
beautiful Meads, and make an artificial Night, which
the Beams of the Sun could not penetrate. Here
nothing was ever heard, but the Singing of Birds,
or the Noife of a Rivulet, which ruflbing from the
Top of a Rock, falls down in foaming Streams, and
runs away through the Meadow.

The Grotto of the Goddefs was on the Defcent
of a Hill, ffom vv^hence might be defcry'd the Sea,
one while clear and fmooth as Glafs, at another
time vainly angry with the Rocks, ag^ainft which
it broke, roaring, and fwelling its vVaves like
Mountains. From another Side, was feen a
River, in which were many little Ifl^nds, border'd
with flowering Lime-trees, and lofty Poplars that
rear'd their ftately Heads to the Clouds. The fe-
veral Channels that formed thefe Iflands, feern'd to
play and fport between the Banks ; fome rolling
their Waters with Rapidity ; others more gently
and quietly ; and others, after many Windin'^s,
returning, as it were, to the Spring from whence

they

40 The Adventures Book I.

they came, feem'd unwilling to leave the charming
Place. One might fee, afar off, many Hills and
Mountains hiding their Heads in the Clouds, and
forming fuch odd and unufual Figures, as yielded a
moft agreeable Profpeft. The neighbouring Hills,
were covered with green Vine-branches " that hung
in Fejioons^ the -Grapes of which furpafs'd the richeft
Purple in Colour, and could not conceal themfelves
under the Leaves ; the Vine bent beneath the
Weight of its own Fruit. The Fig-tree, the Olive,
and the Pomegranate, with all kinds of other Trees,
cover'd the reft of the Country, and made it one
great Garden.

Calypfo, having fliew'd Tekmachus all thefe Beau-
ties of Nature, faid to him. It is time for you to
repofe yourfelf, and fhift your wet Garments ; after
which, we will fee one another again, and I will tell
you fome things that fliall affed your Heart. Hav-
ing faid this, flie caus'd them both to enter into the
molt private and jetir'd Part of a Grotto, aJjoining
to that in which fhe dwelt. Her Nymphs had taken
care to light in it a large Fire of Cedar-wood,
' which flU'd the Apartment v/ith an agreeable
Scent,^ and had left all necefTary Apparel for the
two Strangers! Teletnacbus, finding that the God-
defs had dsfign'd him a Tunick of the fineil
Wool, whiter than Snow, with a Gown of Pur-
ple, richly embroidered with Gold, was," like a
young Man, infinitely pleafed with this Magnifi-
cence. Hereupon Mentor faid to him, in a grave
.Tone, Are thefe, O Teletnachus ! the Thoughts
■ that ought to poffefs the Heart of the Son of Ulyjes ?
Think rather to maintain the Reputation your Father
'has acquir'd, and to overcome the Peifecutions' of
-Fortune. A young Man, who loves the Vanity of
' Dtefs,

Book I. of TELEMACHUS, 41

Drefs, like a Woman, is unworthy of Wifdom and
Renown. The Heart, that knows not how to fufter
Pain, and defpife Pleafure, has no juft Claim to
Glory.

Telemachus, with a deep Sigh, anfvvered, May the
Gods deitroy me, rather than fufFer Effeminacy and
Senfualitv to ieize my Heart. No, the Son of ViyJJes
fhall never be fubdued by the Charms of an indolent
and unmanly Life. But what Favour of Heaven
has brought us, after our Shipwreck, to this God-
defs, or Mortal, who receives us with fo much Good-
nefs ?

Tremble, reply'd Mentor, left in the End fhe
overwhelm you with Evil ; be more afraid of her
deceitful Sweetnefs, than of the Rocks that fplit
your Ship. Death and Shipwreck are lefs dreadful
than the Pleafures that attack Virtud Take heed,
how you believe what fhe lliall fay to you. Youth
is full of Prefumption ; it hopes every thing from
its ownfelf ; though nothing in the World be fo frail,
it fears nothing, and vainly relies upon its own
Strength j lightly confiding, and without any Pre-
caution. Beware of hearkening to the foft and flat-
tering Words of Calypfoy which glides along like a
Serpent beneath the Flowers. Fear the conceal'd
Pojfon, diftruft yourfelf, and determine nothing
without my Counfel.

/After this, they return'd to Calypfo^ who waited
for them : And prefcntly her Nymphs, drefled in
white, with their plaited Hair, brought in a plain
Repaft, but exquifite for Tafte and li-itatnefs, con-
fiding of Birds that they had taken • with Nets,
and of Venifon that they had killed with their
Bows. Wine, fweeter than Nedtar, flow'd from
the Jars of Silver into golden Bowls that were

crown'd

42 T"/^^ AdV E N TURE S Eook I.

crown'd with f'lowers. All forts of Fruit that the
Spring promifes, and Autumn ripens, were in prp-
fufion brought in Bafkets^ and four young Nymphs
began to ling. Firft, They fung the War of the
Gods againft the Giants ; then the Amours of Jn-
plter and Semele; the Birth of Baahtts, and his
Education under the Care of old Siitfius; the Race
of Jtalanta and Hippomcnes^ who conqucr'd by the
means of the golden Apples gathered in the Garden
of the Hefperides. Lafi of all, they fung the W^ar
of Troy^ and extolled the Valour and Wifdom of
VlyJJ'es to the Heavens. The chief of the Nymphs,
whofc Name was Leuccthoe^ accompany'd their, f\veet
V^oices with her tuneful Lute. "VVhen Tel^na'chus
heard the Name of his Father, the Tears that flow'd
down his Cheeks gave a new Lulire to his Beauty.
But Calypfo perceiving that he could not eat, and
that he was feized with Grief, made a Sign to the
Nymphs, and prefently they began to fing the Fight
between thQCentaiirs and the Lapitha:^ and the Defcent
of Orpheus into Hell, to bring back from thence his
dear Eurydke.

The Repaft being over, the Goddefs took Telc^
machus afide, and faid to him. You fee, O Son of
the great Vlyjjes ! with what Favour 1 receive you ;
I am immortal, and no Mortal can enter into this
Ifland without being punifhed for his rafh Attempt j
nay, even your Shipwreck fhould not fecure you
from the Effects of my Indignation, if i did not
love you. Your Father had the fame Happinefs
you now enjoy ; but, alas ! he knew not how to
ufe it. I detained him a long time in this Ifland,
and, had he been contented, he might have lived
with me in an immortal Condition ; But a fond
PafHon to return to his wretched Country, made

him

Book I. ofTELEMACHUS. 43

him reje£l all thefe Advantages. You fee what he
has loft for the fake of the ifle of Ithaca, which
he could not fee again. He refolv'd to leave me j
he went away, and I was reveng'd by a Storm.
After his Veflel had ferv'd for Sport to the Winds,
it was buried under the Waves. Make a right Ufe
of fo fad an Example ; for, after his Shipwreck, you
can never hope to fee him again, nor ever to reign
after him in the Ifland of Ithaca. Forget this Lois,
fmce you find a Goddefs that ofFers to make you
happy, and to prefent you with a Kingdom. To
thefe Words Calypfo added many more, to fhew
him how happy UlyJJ'cs had been with her. She re-
lated his Adventures in the Cave of the Cyclop Poly-
phemus., and in the Country of Antiphates., King of
the LeJirigonSj not forgetting what happen'd to him
in the Ifland of Circe, Daughter of the Sun ; nor
the Dangers he pafs'd between Scylla and Charybciis.
She defcribed the laft Storm that Neptune had rais'd
againft him when he left her, intimating that he had
perifh'd in it ; but conceal'd his Arrival in the Ifland
of the Pheacians.

Tekmachusy who at firft had too eafily abandon'd
himfelf to Joy, upon his being fo well receiv'd by
Calypfo, now began to perceive her Artifice, and
the Wifdom of thofe Counfels that Mentor haft juft
given him. He anfwer'd in few Words ; O God-
defs, pardon my Grief, which at prefent I cannot
overcome j it may be, hereafter, 1 may have more
Force to relifh the Fortune you offer me. Give
me leave at this time to bewail my Father ; for you
know better than I, how much he deferves to be
lamented.

Calypfo^

44 ^^^ Adventures Book I.

Calypfo, not daring to prefs him any farther on that
Subject, feign'd to fympathize with him in his Afflic-
tion, and to fhcw herfelf pafTionately conccrn'd for
the Lofs of Ulyjfcs ; but that i^iXQ might the better dif-
cover the Means to reach his Heart, flie afcc'd him,
in what manner he had fufFer'd Shipwreck, and by
what Adventures he was brought to her Ifland ? The
Relation of my Mibfortunes, faid he, would be too
long. No, no, reply'd flie, I am in pain to knov/
them, and therefore give me that Satisfaction. After
much Solicitation, fhe prevail'd with him, and he be-
gan thus.

I departed from Ithaca, with Intention to enquire
of thofe Kings which arc return'd from the Siege of
Troy, what they knew concerning my Father : The
Lovers of my Mother Penelope were furpriz'd at my
Departure, which I had taken care to conceal from
them, becaufe I was well acquainted with their Per-
fidioufnefs. But neither A^^y?5r, whom I faw at Fylos, nor
Alendaus, who received me with Affection at Lace-
deemon, could inform me whether my Father were
fiill alive. Weary with living always in Sufpence
and Uncertainty, I refolv'd to go into Sicily, where I
had heard my Father had been driven by the Winds :
But the fage Mentor, who is here prefent, onpos'd
this raih Defign, reprefenting to me, on the one
band, the Cyclops, who are monftrous Giants that
devour Men ; on the other, the Fleet of /Eneas
and the Trojans, who were upon that Coaft. Thefe
Trojans, faid he, are highly incens'd againft all the
Greeks, and they would take a fmgular Pleafure to
fhed the Blood cf the Son of Vlyjfes. Return there-
fore, continu'd he, to Ithaca ; perhaps your P'ather,
who is a Fa\'ourite of Heaven, may arrive there as

foon

Book I: of TELE MA CH U S. 45

foon as you. But if the Gods have refoIvM his De-
ftrutilion, and he is never more to fee his Country,
at lead, it becomes you to revenge him againft his
Rivals, to deliver your Mother, to fnevv the World
, your Wiidom, and let all Greece behold, in you, a
King as worthy to reign, as ever Ul^^cs was hiniielf.
This Counfel was wholefome and honourable, but I
had not Prudence enough to lollow it, and heaiken'd
only to my own Paflion j yet the wife Mentor lov'd
me to fuch a Degree, that he comkfcended to ac-
company me in that Voyage, which 1 rafhly under-
took againft his Advice j and the Gods permitted that
1 fhould commit a Fault, which was to cure me of
my Prefumption.

Whilft he fpoke, Calypfo look'd earneflly, and not
without Aftonifhmejir, upon Alcntor. She thought
fhe perceiv'd fomething divine in him, but could
not difiriangle the Confufion of her Thoughts ;
which caufed her to continue apprehenfive and diffi-
dent in the Prefence of this unknown Perfon \ but,
fearing to difcover the Diforder of her Mind, Pro-
ceed, faid file to Teltinachus^ and fatisfy my Curiofity ;
which he did in this manner.

We fleer'd for fome Time with a favourable Wind
for Sicily \ but then, a black Storm arihng, dcpriv'd
us of the Sight of Heaven, and invoK 'd us in the
Obfcurity of Night : But by fome Flafties of Light-
ning, we perceiv'd other Ships expos'd to the fame
Danger, and fo' n difcover'd them to be the Fleet of
JEncas\ they wc e no lefs formidable to us than the
Kocks themfelves. In that Mt^ment I comprehend-
ed, tho' too late, v/hat the Heat oi imprudent Youth
had hindcr'd m.s from confidv^ring before. Mentor^
\\\ the midft of this Danger, app;;ar'd not only re(b-

lute

4^ ^^^e Adventures Book I.

lute and intrcpiJ, but more chearful than he us'd to
be. 'Twas he that encouraged me, and I felt that
he infpir'd me with invinciblc'Fortiuide. He calmly
giv c ci-r all ncceflary Orders, when the Pilot was
conlour.ded. i laid to him, my dear Meritor, why
did I rcfufe to follow your CounCels ? Am I not un-
happy, to have been dehrous of depending upon my-
owji fch, at fuch an ^ge as has no f'orehght of Fu-
turity, no Experience of Things paft, nor Moderation
to govtrn the prefent? Oh ! If ever we efcape this
Stoi.Ti, 1 refolve to diftruft myfelf as 1 would my
molt dangerous Enemy, and to believe you alone for
ever.

To this Mer,t:r anfwer'd fmiling, I fhall not
blame you lor (he Fault you have committed : 'Tis
enough that you are lenfible of it, and make it
ferve hereafter to moderate your Defires. Perhaps,
when the Danger is paft, Prefumption will return ;
but hi'wever. Courage mufl: now fupport you;
Before we launch into Danger, we mufl: forefee,
and ever dread it; but when once in it, we have
nothing left but a generous Contempt of it. Shew
yourfclf therefore, the worthy Son of VlyJJcs^ and let
your Courage be greater than all the Dangers that
threaten.

1 was charm'd with the Sweetnefs and Alap-na-
nimity of the vi\(c Mentor ; but I was much more
furpriz'd, when I faw with what Dexterity, he
brought about our Deliverance. The Trojans
were \o near, that they could not fail to difco-
ver who we were, as foon as the Light fhould ap-
pear ; w/jich A'fenior knowing, and in that Inftant
ptrci-iving one of their Ships, which was feparated
by the Tempcft from the reft of the Fleet, to be
Something like ours, except certain Garlands of

Flowers

Book I. of TELEMACHUS. 47

Flowers that ftie cariy'd at the Stern, he imme-
diately hung up the like on the fame Part of our
Ship, and faften'd them himlelf wita Ribbands of
the fame Colour with thofe of the Trojans. He
ordcr'd the Ruwers to bow themfelves as low as
they could upon their Benches, that they might not
be dilcover'd by the Enemy. In this manner we
• pafs'd thro' the midfi: of their Fleet, whilft they
fhouted for Joy to fee us, fuppofing we were their
Companions, whom they thought to be loft. We
were forc'd along with them, by the Violence of the
Sea, for a conliderable time ; but at laft we found
means to lag a little behind, and whilft they were
driven by the Impetuofi':y of the Winds tov/ards the
Shore of Africa^ we exerted our utmoft Efforts to
gain by the Help of our Oars the neareft Coaft of
Sicily^

We arriv'd as we defign'd ; but that which we
fought, prov'd almoft as fatal to us as the Fleet
we avoided : We found upon that Coaft of Sicily
more Trojans^ and confequently Enemies to ail Greeks \
for old Acejles^ of Trojan Lineage, reign'd in thefe
Parts. As foon as we got afhore, the Inhabitants
taking us either to be fome other People of the
Ifland come to furprize them, or elfe Strangers that
defign'd to feize their Country, burnt our Ship in
thetirft Tranfport of their Rage, and kill'd all our
Companions j referving only Mentor and me to be
prefentcd to Acejies^ that we might inform him of
our Defigns, and v/hence we came. We were
brought into the 'Fov/n with our Hands ty'd behind
our Backs, and our Death was defcrr'd only to make
us a Spedacle to a cruel People, as foon as they
fliould know we were Greeks.

We

48 ^he Adventures Book I.

We were ftralghtway prefented to Acejies, who fat
with a golden Sceptre in bis Hand, diftributing Ju-
ftice, and preparing himfelf for a great Sacrihce.
He afk'd us, with a fevere Voice, of what Country
we were, and the Occafion of our Voyage ? /Mentor
immediately anfwered. We come from the Coail of
Great Hejpcria^ and our Country is not far from
thence. Ey tliis means he avoided the telling him
that we were Greeks. But Acejics would hear no
more, and taking us for Foreigners that conceal'd
fome bad Defign, he commanded us to be lent into
a neighbouring Forelt, there to ferve as Slaves to
thofc who look'd after the Cattle. This Condition
feem'd more terrible to me than Death. I cry'd
out, O King ! order us rather to fuPfer Death, than
to be treated fo unworthily. Know, that I am Te-
lemachusy the Son of the wife UlyJJes^ King of the /-
thacans. I feek my Father thro' every Sea ; and if I
can neither find him, nor return to my own Country,
nor avoid Servitude, take that Life from me which is
intolerable.

Scarce had I pronounc'd thefe Words, when all
the People in a Rage cry'd out. The Son of the
cruel Ulyfl'es mriji die, whjj'e Artifices have dcjlrofd
the City of Troy. O Son of Vlyjjes ! faid Aafies,
I cannot refufe your Blood to the Manes of fo
many Trojans, whom your Father precipitated to
the Banks of black Cocytus. You and your Con-
ductor fnall die. At the fame time, an old Man of
the Company propos'd to the King, that we (hould
be faciirtc'd on the Tomb of Jnchifes. Tlic-ir
Blood, faid he, will be grateful to the Soul of that
Hero. Mneas himfelf, vvhen . he hears of fuch a
Sacrifice, will be overjoy'd to perceive hov.' much
you love what was dearer to him than ail the World.

Every

Book I. of TELEMA CHUS. 4Q

Every one applauded his Propofition, and all their
Thoughts were bent to put it in Execution. We
were ltd to the Tomb of Anchi/is, where two Al-
tars were ere6led, and the facred Fire kindled. Tie
Knife was brought, we were crowned with flowery
Garlands, and no Mercy could fave our Lives. Our
Fate was determined, when Mentor calmly defired
to fpeak with the King; and having received Per-
miflion, faid, O Jcefies ! If tl.e Misfortunes of
young Telemachus, who never carried Arms againft
tht Trojans, may not plead for him, at leaii let your
own Intrell move you. The KnowleJge I haveac*
quir'd, to prefage and foretell the Will of the Gods,
infor.ms me, That, before the End of three Days,
you will be attack'd by a barbarous People, who
will come down like a Torrent from the Mountains,
to overwhelm your City, and ravage your whole
Country. Haften to prevent them; arm your Peo-
ple, and from this Moment begin to f;cure within
your Walls the rich Herds anJ Flocks you have in
the Fields. If my Predi(5l!on be falfe, you may fa-
crifice us when the three Days are expir'd ; but if,
on the contrary, it prove true, remember, that no
one ought to take away the Lives of thofe, by
whom his own was prcferv'd.

Jcefles was aftonifh'd at thefe Words, which
Mentor fpoke with more Afiurance than he had ever
found in any Man. I fee, faid he, O Stranger!
that the Gods, who have granted you fo fmall a Share
in the Favours of Fortune, have, in recompence,
given you fuch Wifdom as is more valuable than the
higheft Profperity. At the fame time, he put ofF
the Sacrifice, and iflued out all nccefl'ary Orders,
with the utmoft Dil'gence, to prevent the Attack,
of which Mentor had forewarned him. On all

D Sides

50 ^ke Adventures Book I.

Sides were to be fcen old IVIen and Women trem-
bling for fear, and accompanied with great Num-
bers of young Children, bath'd in Tears, and re-
tiring into the Citj'. The lowing Oxen and bleat-
ing Sheep \< h the rich Paflures, and came in Droves;
whofe Numbers were too great to be prov. ded with
Houfing for them all. 1 he Noife and Tumult of
People preffing to get in was fuch, that no one could
tinderftand another. In li'is Difurder, fome took
an unknown Perfon for their Friend, and others ran
they knew not u hither. But the principal Men of
the City, thinking thcnifelves v.ifer than tlie refl,
fufpe£led Mentor to be an Im.pofior, who had fram'd
a falfe Prediction to fave his Life.

Before the third Day was expir'd, whilft they
were full of thefe Invaginations, a Cloud of Dufl
was (ten rifing upon the Dcfccnt of the neighbour-
ing Hills; and an innumerable Multitude of Barba-
tia)is appeared in Arms : Thefe were the Hymerians,
:i favagc People, together with thofe who inhabit
the Mountains Nelrodes, and the Summit of Agra-
gos^ where a Winter reigns which the Zt-phyrs ne-
ver could mitigate. All thofe wi)o had defpis'd the
Prediction of Mentor^ lofl all their Slaves and their
Cattle. Upon this, the King faid to Mentor^ I for-
get that you are Greeks ; our Enemies are become
our faithful Friends ; the God-i have fent you to fave
us ; I expedt no lefs from your Valour, than from
tlie WifJom of your Counfcls ; haften therefore to
affift us.

Mentor {hews in his Eyes a Boldiiefs that damps
the Spirits of the fierccft Warriors. He takes up a
Shield, a Helmet, a S \ord, and a Lance; he
draws up the Soldiers oi Jce/ies^ puts himfelf at their
Head, and advances in good Order towards the

Enemy.

Book I. ofT RLE MAC BUS. 51

Enemy, JceJieSy tho* full of Courage, could only
follow him at a Dift^nce, by reafcn of his Age. I
follow'd him more clofe : But I could not equal his
Valour. In the Fight, his Cuirafs refembled the
immortal ^gis of Minerva. Death flew from Rank
to Rank, where-ever his Blows fell. He was like a
Lion of Numl-dla^ provok'd by cruel Hunger,
which, falling upon a Flock of feeble Shfep, kills,
tears, and fwims in Blood, whilft the Shepherds,
far from afTifting their Flock, fly trembling away
from his Fury.

l^hcfe BarbaruiJts, who hop'd to furprize the
City, were thcmfelvcs furpriz'd and defeated. The
Subje<Sl:s of Accjiei were animated by the Example
and Voice of Mentor^ and felt a Vigour which they
thought ihemftlves utreily incapable of. With my
Lance I kill'd the Son of tire Barbarian King: Ht;
was of my Age, but much taller than I ; for thefa
Peoi>le are defcende^l from Giants of the fame Race
with the Cyclops. He defpis'd fo weak an Enemy ;
but I, not at all daunted at his prodigious Strength,
or his fierce and favage Looks^ pufn'd my Lance
againft his Breaft, and made his Soul gufh out at the
Wound, in a Torrent of black and reaking Gore.
As he fell, he was like to crufh me in Pieces by his
Fall. The Sound of his Arms echo'd in the Hills.
I took the Spoil, and return 'd to Acejles j Mentor
having entirely broken the Barbarians, cut tliem in
Pieces, and purfued the Runaways to the Woods.
So unexpedled a Succef:^ made Mentor to be regarded
as one beloved and in^pir'd by the Gods ; and Acef-
tes, from a Senfe of Gratitude, fhew'd his Concern-
ment for us, if the Fleet of /Eneas O^ould return to
Sici/y. He gave us a Ship to carry us without De-
lay to our own Country ; made us many rich Pre-
D % fents.

52 The Adventures, i^c. Book I.

^ents, and prefs'd us to haften our Departure, to
prevent all the Misfortunes of which he was appTe-
henfive. But he wouKi not give us either a Pilot or
Mariners of his own Nation, for fear they might bs
expos'd to too much Hazard upon the Coaffs of
Greece. He committed us to the Care of certain
Phenician Merchants, v,ho, trading with all the Peo-
ple of the World, had nothing to fear; and order'd
them to bring back the Ship, when they had landed
us (<i^e at Ithaca. But the Gods, who fport with
the Defigns of Men, had ftill referv'd us for farther
Calamities.

7h E ND oftheYl'B.^T BOOK.

THE

1 %*l

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

TELE MA C H 1/ S.

BOOK II.

The A R G U M E N T.

Telemachus relates how he was taken in the Tyrian
Ship^ by the Fleet of Sefoftri?, and carried Prifoner
into Egypt : He gives a Defcription of that fine
Country^ and of their King's wife Government He
adds, that Mentor was fent into Slavery to
i^thiopia ; That he himfelf xvas reduced to the Con-
dition of a Shepherd in the Defart of Oafis ; Tldat
TernvjfirU, a Brief i of Apollo, comforted him ^ by
perjuading him to imitate that Gad^ who had once
been a Cowherd to King Adinetus ; That Sefoftris
havings at L'jl^ been irfornied of the wonder fd
Things he had cffeSlad among thofe ivho tended his.
D 3 flocks

54 ^^^^ Adventures Book II.

Fkcks and Herds^ had recalVd him ; and being con-
vinced of his Innocence,, promijed to fend him back to
Ithaca : But that Sefoftris'j Death involved him in
new Misfortunes ; and that he was imprijond in a
Tower on the Sea- jhore^ from whence hefaw the new
King Bocchoris perijh in a Fight againji his rebel-
lious SubJccfSy who Were offijled by the T^^rians.

.<"^'>^^<g'^y^ H E Tyrians, by their Infolencc, had
^ " highly provok'd the King of
Egypt, vvhofe Name was Sefcjirisy
and who had conquer'd many
Kingdoms. The Riches they had
acqiiir'd by Trade, and the impreg-
nable Strength of Tyre, which
fiands in the Sea, had rendered this People (o proud,
that they not only refus'd to pay the Tiybute w hich
Sefcjiris impos'd upon them in his Return from the
Conquefis he had made, but ?fliited his Brother,
who had coiifpir'd to murder lum amidft: the Re-
Toicino;s of a folemn Ftflival. In order therefore to
humble their Pride, Sejfiris refolv'd to difturb their
Commerce at Sea ; and commanded all his bhips to
feek out and afidult the Phenicians. One of his
Fleets met v/ith us, as foon as we loft Sight of the
Sicilian Mountains, when the Harbour and Land
feem'd to fly from behind us, and lofe themfelves in
the Clouds. At the fame time we faw the Egyptian
Ships advancing towards us like a floating City.
The Phenicians perceived, and endeavoured to avoid
them, but it was too late ; their Ships were better
Sailors, their Mariners more numerous, the Wind
favoured them, they boarded us, took us, and car-
ried us Prifoners to Egypt. I told them, but in
vair, that we were not Phenicians', they hardly

vouch-

BcnyX^.Jl.

Bookir. of rELEMACHUS. 5^

vouchfafed to hear me ; they look'd upon us as Slaves,
in which Merchandize they knew the Pbenicians
traded, and thought only of making the beft of their
Prize. We already took notice, that the Waters of
the Sea began to have a whitilh Caft from the Mix-
ture of thofe of the Nile ; and we faw the Coaft of
Egypt almoft level with the Sea. We arrived foon af-
tc;r in the Ifland of Pharos^ not far from the City of
No \ and from thence were carried up the Nile to
Mc-mphis. if the Grief we felt, by reafon of our
Captivity, had not render'd usinfenfible of all Plea-
fure, our Eves would have been charm'd with the
fruitful Country of Egypt, like a delicious Garden,
every-where watered with numberlefs Streams. We
could not turn our Eyes on either Side of the River,
without difcovering many wealthy Cities; Country-
feats delightfully lituated ; Lands richly covered every
Year u'itha Golden Harveit, without ever Iviiig fal-
low; Meadows full ftock'd with Cattle; Hufband-
men bowing under the Weight of the Fruits which
the teeming Earth had brought forth; and Shep-
herds that made the Echoes, on every Side, repeat
the Sweet Sound of their Pipes and Flutes.

Happy, faid Mentor, is the People who arc go-
vern'd by a wife King: They live in Plenty, and
love him to whom tiiey owe their Felicity. Thus,
faid he, O Teltmachus ! you ought to reigii, and be
the Delight of your People, if ever the Gods give
you the PufTefrion of your Father's Kingdom. Love
jour People as your Chilc'ren ; reliTn the Pleafure of
being belov'd bv them ; and carry yourfelf io, that
all the Tranquillity and Happinefi they enjoy, may
lead them to remember, tliat they are the rich Pre-
fents of a goo.J King. King?, whofe only Puipofe is
to rend:;: themfclvcs dreaded, ar.d to bring their Sub-
D 4 j-i-ls

5^ the Adveiv'tures Book IT.

jefts low, in order to make them more fubmiffive, are
the Plagues of Mankind. They are, indeed, fear'd,
as they defire ; but they are hated, deteilcd, and
have more reafon to be afraid of their Subjetts, than
their Subjects have to fear them.

I anfvver'd, Alas ! Ment-^r^ 'tis not our preftnt
Bufinefs to coiifider by what Maxims a King oii;;ht
to reign : We iha]l never fee Ithaca again : We fhall
never fee our Couiitry, or Pensbps more. And
tr.ougli UlyJJcs fiioulJ return full of Glory to his
KingJom, he will never l)ave the batisi^dhon of
Iteing me there ; nor I that of obeying him, and
learning the Rules of Government from him. No,
Let us die, dear Mentor^ for we are allow'd no oth^r
Tliought: Let us die, llnce tiie Gods havenoCom-
palfiiui for us.

As I thus fpoke, my Words were interrupted
with deep Sighs. But Mentor^ tho' he could be ap-
prehenfive of anproaching Kvili, kncv not what it
was to fear rh:m when tliey had happen'd. Un«vor-
thv Son of ihe wife UlyJfcSy cry'd he. Doit thou
fufftr th\fi^lf to be overcome by thy Misfortunes?
Know thit ye {hall one Day fee again both Ithaca
and Penelope. You fhall even fee him in his former
Glory, whom you n'ever knew ; the invincible U-
lyJfcSy v.'h(.m Fortune cannot conquer, and who, in
greater Misfortunes than your own, admonifhes you
never to dcfpiir. O ! if he uiould iiCrT, in diffant
Reojons, vvliere he is driven by the Wi.ids and Sea,
that his Son knows not how to imitate him, either
in Patience or Courage, fuch News would over-
whelm h'm with Shan e, and prove more heavy than
all the Misfortunes he has yet fuffered.

After this, Mentor caus'd me to obferve the Fer-
tility and Happinefs that was feen over all the Coun-
try

Book II. cfTELEMACHUS. s7

try of Egypt, where in there were reckoned two ?.nd
twenty thoufand Ciiie?. He admir'd the regular
Government of thefs Places; the Biftribution cf
Juftice which was every where exercib'd v.'ith regard
to the Poor, againft the Oppeffion of the Rich ; the
good Education of Youth, who wer^ inur'd early
to Obedience, Labor, Sobriety, and the Love of
Arts or Learnin.2 ; the due Obfervations of all the
Ceremonies of Religion; a generous and difintercf-
teu Spirit; a great Defire of Reputation; an uni-
verfdl Siiicerity in their Dealings with Men ; and
that Reverence of the Gody, which every Father took,
care to infufe into his Children. He thought he
could never enough admire this beautiful Order. He
would often cry out, O ! how happy is that People, that
is thus govern'd by a wife King ! But yet more hnp-
py is that King, who, while he bcftows HapphiefT
on fo great a People, finds his ov/n in Virtue. Such
a one is more than fear'd ; he is beloved. Men n&t:.
only obey him, but they obey him with P;ea('ure.
He reigns univerfally in their Hearts ; and every
Man is {o far from deAring his Death, that he fears it
above all Misfortunes, and would readily facrifice
bis own Life for his.

I hearken'd with Attention to what Mentor faid ;
and, as he fpoke, I found my Courage to tevive in-
the Bottom of mv Heart. A? foon as we were ar-
riv'd at the rich and magnificent City of Manphh^
the Governor commanded us to be fent to Tbde;^
in order to be prefentcd to the King Srfnjiyls^ who,
being highly iiicenb'd ?gain[l the TyrianSy had re-
folv'd to examine us himfelf. So v/e proceeded in
our Voyage up the River Nile, till we came to the
famous Tbihjs, v\h:ch has an hundred Gates, and
was the Refidence of that great King. This City
D 5 apfwr'd

3S T]&^ Ad V EN TURE s Bookll*

appear'd to us of a vaft Extent, and more populous
than the moft flouriftiing Cities of Greece. The Or-
ders are excellent, in all that regards the Neatnefs
and Conveniency of the Streets, the Courfe of the
Public Waters, the Baths, the Improvement of Arts
and Sciences, and the common Safety. The Squares
sre adorn'd with Fountains and Obelifks. The
Temples are Marble, of a plain, but majeftic Ar-
chite^ure. The Palace of the Prince is itfelf alone
like a great City; 'tis full of Marble Pillars, Pyra-
mids, Obcliflcs, Colofjean Statues, and Furniture of
folid Gold and Silver.

They who took u?, inform'd the King, that the)*-
found us on board a Phenician Ship. For he bad al-
lotted certain Hours of every Day, in which he re-
gularly heard all his Subjects that had any thing to
fay to him, either by way of Complaint or Advice.
He neither defpis'd nor rejtdled any Man, and thought
he was a King for no other end than to do good
to his Sabje<5ls, whom he lov'd as his Children. As
for Strangers, he receiv'd them with Kindnefs, and
■was always defirous to fee them, becaufe he thought
>t a ufeful and advantageous Thing to be inform'd
of the Cufloms and Manners of remote Nations;
and this Curiofity of the King occafioned our being
brought before him. He was feated on a Throne of
Ivory, with a golden Sceptre in his Hand. He was
AZzA-t but comely, full of Sweetnefs and Majefty..
He daily diftributed Juftice to the People with fuch
Patience and VVifdom, as made him admir'd with-
out Flattery. After he had fpent the whole Djy in
doing Juitice, and taking care of the public Affairs,
he refrefhed himfelf in the Evening in hearing Dif-
courfes of learned Men, or converfing with the bell
of his People, whom he knew how to chufe and ad-
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Book II. ofTELEMACHUS. 59

mit into his Familiarity. During his whole Life*
he could not be blniri'd for any thing, except fo^
triumphing with too much Pomp over the Kings he
had conquer'd, and confidirg too much in one c*
his Subjetfls, whofe Picture 1 fhall draw by and

When he faw me, he was mov'J with my \ outh,
and my Affli6iion, and afked me my Country and
my Name, whilft we wonder'd at the Wifdom that,
flow'd from his Lips. I anfwer'J, You have un-
doubtedly heard, O great King I of the Siege of
Troy^ which lafted ten Years, and the Deftruiflion of
that City, which coft fo much Grecian Blood. Ulyf-
feSy my Father, was one of the principal Kings who
ruin'd that Place, He now wanders tiirough all the
Sea?, without being able to return to the Iflanu of
Ithaea-, which is his Kingdom. I feek my Father,
and bv a Misfortune relVnibling his own, have been
taken Prifoner. Refiore ine to my Fath.er and Coun-
try, and may the Gods prefeive you to your Chil-
dren, and make them fenfible of the Pleafure of liv-
ing under To good a Father.

5^0/?/-/^ continued to look upon me with an Eye
of Compafiion; but being defirous to know if I
fpoke the Truth, he referr'd us to be examined by
one of his Officers, commanding him to enquire of
thofe that took our Ship, whether \vc were Greeks ox
Phenlcions f If they 7i\e Pheniclans, faid the King,
let them be doubly punifti'd ; fiift, becaufe they are
our Enemies, and then, becaufe they have endea-
vour'd to deceive us by a bafe Falfehood : But, if,
on the contrary, they are Greeks^ I will have thena
to be treated favourably, and fent back into their
own Country in one of my Ships; for I love the
Greeks, who have receivtd many Laws from ihs

Egyp-

&0 The ADVi!XTUR£s Book 11.

'Egyptlaus. I am not ignorant of the Virtues of Her'
c.iks i the Glory of //chilles h^s reach'cl our Ears;
and I admire what I luve heaid of the WiTdom of
the unhappy Uhjfes. 1 have no greater Pleafure ihaa
to relitve Virtue in Diitref?.

The Ofitictr, who was by the King inirufted
with the Examination of our Affdir, was as cor-
rupt ai-.d fcnavifl], 2ls Sejo/iris was lincere and gene-
rous. The Name of tiiis Man was Ahlophis. He
cndeavour'd to enfn.ue us by artful Qtitllion?, and
perceiving, that Mentor anfwer'd wiili more Wif-
cioin than I, he look'd upon him with Avtrfion and
Jealou/)'; fur ill JVltn are always Enemies to the
good. He caus'd us to be ftparated, and from that
Ti.De I knew not what became of Mentor. This
Separation was to me, as it I had been ftruck with
Thunder. Metophis always hoped, that by a fe-
parate Examination, we might be drawn to con-
tradidt one another. At lealf, he thougiit to daz-
zle my E)es with his flittering Promifes, and
make me acknowledge what Mentor had conceal'd
from him. In a v.ord, he fought not honeltly to
fini! out ti-e Truth, but only fome Pretence to tell
the Kin^ we were PheJiicians, that he might keep
Us for his Slaves.

And iniietd, notwithftanding our Innocence, and
all the VVifdom of the King, he found means to de-
ceive him, Aks ! how are Kings expos'd ^ The
wifcfi are often abus'dj cunning and interetled Per-
fons continually furround them, while good Aden re-
tire fiom Court?, becaufe thev aie neither fiTWcrd,
nor P'latterers : 'I'hey wait till they are fought lor j
and Princes fjdom fearch for them. On th,e con-
tra'), ill Men are bold, deceitful, impudent, and
iafjnuatingi dexterous at dijTcmbling, a;id ready to

do

Eookll. of TELEMACHUS. €i

do any thing againfl Honour and Confcicnce, to
giatif'y the Pafiioiis uf the Perfon that reigns. O !:
how unhappy is a King, who is open to the Artifice-s
of bad Men ! He is loft, if he does not fupprefs .t'"]at-
tery, and love thofe who fpeak the Truth with Con-
fidence, l^hefe were the Reflediions I made in my
Misfortunes, wJjen I call'd to mind the Things that
1 had heard from Mentor.

In the mean time, Metophis fent me towards the
Mountains in tlie Defart of Oafis with his Slaves,
that I might ferve with them to look after his nume-
rous Flocks. Here Calypfo interrupted Telcn:achus.n
and fa id, Well! and what did youthen? You that
in iS/V//)' had preferr'd Death before Servitude ? Tele-
machus anfiA'er'd, My Misfortunes encreas'd daily ;
I had no longer the wretched Confolati; n of chufing
between Slavery and Death . Iwas compelled to be a
Slave, Slid to exhauft, if I may fo fpeak, all the Ri-
gours of Fortune. I had loft all Hope, and could not
lay one Word, in order to my Deliverance. Men-
Ur has fince told me, that he was fold to certain E~
tliopiansy and that he follow'd them to Elhiopia.

As for me, 1 arriv'd in a horrid Defart, where
nothing but burning Sands were to be feen upon the
Plains j an.i Snow that never melted> made an
eternal Winter on the Tops of the Hills : Only
fome fcatter'd Pafture for the Cattle, was here and
there found amorg the Rocks. Towards the Mfd-
dL of the Declivity of thofe fteep Mountains, the
Valleys are fo deep, that the Sun can fcarce let fall a
Beam upon them.

I found no other Men \n thefc Places, but Shep-
herds, as favage as the Country itfelf. There I
pafs'd the Night in bewailing my Misfortune^ and
the Days in following my Flocks, to avoid the brutal

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62 The Adven tures Book 1 1.

Rage of Butis^ who was Chief among the Slaves,
and who, hoping to obtain his Liberty, never ceas'd
from calumniating the reft, that he might perfuade
Metophis of his Zeal and Induftry in his Service. I
could no longer fupport myfelf in fuch Circum-
ftances. In the Anguish of my Heart, I one Dav
forgot my Flock, and lay down upon the Grafs by
a Cave, where I expeded Death to relieve me from
the Evils I was not able to bear. In that inrtanf, I
perceiv'd the whole Mountain to tremble, the 0.iks
and Pines feeming to defcend from the Summit of
the Hill. The Winds fupprefs'd their Breathing,
and a hollow Voice ifl'ning out of the Cave, pro-
nounc'd thefe Wcrds : O "Son of the wife Ulyjps !
thou arr, like him, to become great by Patience.
Princes who have always been happy, are feldom
worthy to be fo: They are corrupted by unmanly
Pleafures, and intoxicated with thePudeof Profpe-
rity. Happy ll^ialt thou be, if thou canft furmount
and never forget thefe Misfortunes. Thou flialt fee
hhaca again, and thy Glory (liall afcend to the Skies.
When thou flidlt come to command othtr Men, re-
member that thou haft been, like them, in Poverty,
Weaknefs, and Calamity. Take a Pleafure in re-
lieving them; love thy People; deteft Plaiterers ;
and know, that there is no other way to be truly
Great, but by Moderation, and Fortitude in fub-
duin? thy Pafllcns.

Thufe divine Words penetrated to the Bottom of
my Heart, renew'd my Joy, and reviv'd my Cou-
rage. I kh none of that Horror, which makes
Mju's Hair iKind upright, and chills the Blood in
their Veins, when the Gods communicate them-
felvcs to Mortals. I rofe from the Ground with a
ferene Mind; I ftll upon my Knees, and, lifting m^

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Bookll. of rELEMACHUS. 6^-

my Hands to Heaven, ador'd Al'merva, who, I
doubted not, had fent me this Oracle. In that Mo-
ment I found myfelf a new Man j Wifdom en-
lighten'd my Soul ; I felt a gentle Force reftraining
a-U my Paffions, and checking the Impetuofity of
my Youth. I gain'd the Love of all the Shepherds-
in the Defart. My Gentlenefs, Patience and Dili-
gence affwag'd at laft the cruel Buiis, who com-
manded the reft of the Slaves, and had made it his
Bufinefs at fi4ft to torment me.

I endeavour'd to procure fome Books, to enable
me to fupport the Tedioufnefs of my Captivity and-
Solitude ; being opprefs'd wich Melancholy for want
of fome Inftru6lion5 to nourifli and fulfain the Fa-
culties of my Soul. Happy, faid I, are they, wha
being; difguitcd with ail violent Pleafure.s know"
how to content themfelves with the Sweets of an
innocent Life. Happy are they, who are diverted
at the fame time that they are inftrudlcd, and pleafe
themfelves in enriching their Mindswith Knowledge.
Wherefoever they are thrown by adverfe Fortune,
they carry their own Entertainment with them;
and the Uneafinefs which preys upon other Men,
even in the Midft of their Pieafures, is unknown to
thofe, who can employ themfelves in Reading :
Happv are they, v/ho love Books, and are not, like
me, deprived of them. Revolving thcfe Thoughts
in my Mind, I penetrated into the thickeft of the
Foreft, and, on a fudden, perceived an aged Man,
holding: a Book in his Hand : His Forehead was
large and high, bare cf Hair, and a lictle wrinkled :
His white Beard defcended to his Girdle : His Sta*
ture was tall and mrij>:fi;:c : His Complexion was
frefh and fanguine : His Eves liv( I'y and piercing :
His Voice fweet,, and his Difcouiie plain, but agree-
able.

^4 ^^^ Adventures Book IT.

able. I never faw fo venerable an old Man. His
Name was Termoftils. He was a Pritfl ot /Ipdlo j
and tl>e Temple where I e officiated was oC Marble,
dedicated in the Forcft to that Gud, by the Kings
of Egypt- The Book he held in his Hand vpas a Col-
lection of H)mns in Honour of the Gods.

He accofted me in a friendly manner,, and fo we
fell into Difcourfe. He related Things paft \vi:h
fuch Clearnefi;, that they feem'd prefcnt: and yet
with f'^ch Brevit}', that I never was tired with them.
He could fortfee Futurity, by his profound V/if,
dom, which gave him thorough Knowledge of Men,
and of the Dcfigns they are capable of forming.
With all this prudence, he was chearful and cotn-
plaifant; aid the g^veft Youth was not fo gtaceful
as thisr.ged Man. He lov'd thofe that were young,
if he found them docile, and that they had a Tafte
for Virtue. He foon conceiv'd a tender Afft6iion
for me, and gave me Books for my Confolation.
He caird me his Son j and 1 often Hiid to him,
Father, the Gods that took Mentor from me, havs-
pity'd ray Solitude, and fent me, in you, another
Support. This Man, like Orpheus or Linus., was
doubtk-fs inrpiie-l by tlie God?. He would fometimes
read to me the Verfes he had made, and give mc the
moft excellent Compofitions of feveral Poets who
had been Pavourites of the Mufes. When he put
on his long Robes of the pureft White, and took
his Ivory H.rp in his Hand, the Tigers, the Bears,
and the Lions canie fawning to him, and lick'd his
Feet. The S.ityrs abandon'd the Woods, to come
and dance around Ijim. The Trees themfelvea
feem'd to move; and you would have thought that
the Rocks had been touch'd widi the Charms of his
melodious Accents, ?.nd were going to defcead from

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Book II. of TELEMACHUS. 65

the Tops of the iVIoun tains. He fung nothing but
the Majeily of the Gods, the Virtiie of the Hsroe?,
2nd the VVifdom of thofe who prefer Glory before
Plea fare.

He often told me, that I ought to take Courage,
ar.d that the Gods would not abandon either XJlyJfes^
or his Son. Lajflly, he peifuaded me to imitate
ApcUo^ and to teach the Shepherds to apply theni-
felves to the Mufes. Apollo^ fn'd be, confidering
with Indignation, that the brightell Days were fre-
quently dilturbed by Jupiter's Thunder, refolv'd to
be reveng'd upon the Cyihps, who forged the Baits ;
fo he took up his Bow, and pierc'd them with his
Arrows. Upon this Mount Mtna ctas'd to vomit
flaming Hurricanes j and Men no longer heard the
terrible Hammers flriking upon the Anvils, and
echoing in Groans from the deep Caverns of the
Earth, and the Abyfi'es of the Sea. The Iron and
Brafs, being no longer polifti'd by the Cyclops, beiian
to gather Ruft. Vulcan, in Fury, quits his Forge,
and, notwithllanding his Lamenefs, nwunts Ofyfnpus.
with Expedition; comes cover'd with black Dult
and Sweat into the Aflembly of the Gods,, and
makes i moft bitter Complaint. 'Jup'ttevy incens'd
againft Jpilh-, drives him from Heaven, and preci-
pitates him down to the Eaith. His einptv Chariot
petforai'd the ufual Courfe of itfelf, and gave Men
Night and Day, with a regular Change ot Seaftm?.
Apoiloy depriv'd of his glorious Beams, was forced,
to tL.rn Shepherd, and keep the Flocks of King Acl';
mcius. He plays on the Flute, and all the other
Shepherds came down to the fhady Elms on the cool
aMargin of a limpid Fountain, to iicar his Songs.
To that Time thty had liv'd a favage and brutal
Life : They knew only how to tend their Flodcs,

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66 TIpe Adventures Book II.

to fheer them, milk them, and to render Cheefes.
1 he whole Country was one frightful Dcfart.

y^ps/ls, in a fhort Time, made all the Shepherds
acquamted with the Arts which could render their
Lives agreeable. He fung the Flowers that com-
p)fc the Garland of the Spring; the Perfume (he
diftufes, and th-; Verdur.- that attends her Steps.
He fung the delicious Nights of Summer, when the
Zephvrs refiefh Mankind, and the Dews allay the
ThirH of the Eart' . He mingled in his Song, the
golden H:;rvcft and Autumnal Fruits, which recom'
penfe the Toil of the Hufbandman, with the Repofe
of Winter, when the frolickfome Youth dance be-
fore the Fire. In the laft place, he defcrib'd the
gloomy Foreft, and fhady Groves that cover the
Hills ; the hollow Vallevs, and the Rivers that with
a thoufand Windings feem to fport in the lovely
Meadows. He thus taught the Shepherds what are
the Charms of a Countr)' Life, when Men know
how to relifli the Prefents of pure and bountiful
Nature. The Shepherds with their Flutes foon
faw themfelves more happy than Kings, and their
Cottages w?re filled with Variety of untainted Plea-
fures, which flv from gilded Palaces. The Smiles,
the Sports, the Graces, accompanied the innocent
ShepberdefTes wberefoever they went. Every J3ay
was a Feftiv'al : nothing was heard, but the warblinu-
of Birds, or the foft Whifpering of the Zephyr's
playing about the Branches of the Trees, or the
Murmur of foine tranfparent Stream fallmg from a
Rock, or Songs that were infpir'd by the" Mufe-,
and fung by the Shepherds that follovv'd JpoHo. This
God taught them alio to be vidorious in Races, and
to pierce the Bucks and Stags with their Arrows.
The Gods themfelves became jealjus of the Shep-
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Book II. of TELEMACHUS. 6y

herds. This fort of Life appear'd to them more de-
lightful than all their Glory j fo they cali'd Apollo
back again to Heaven.

My Son, this Story may ferve for your InftrutSlion,
fmce you are in the fame Condition Apollo was in.
Break up and manure this uncultivated Ground ;
make a Defart flouriih as he did; like him, teach the
Shepherds what are the Charms of Harmony; fuften
their fierce Natures ; fhew them the Lovelinefs of
Virtue, and make them feel how fweet it is to enjoy,
in Solitude, thofe innocent Pleafures tijat nothing
can take away from Shepherds. A Time will come,
my Son, a Time will come, when the Toils and
tormenting Cares that encompafs Kings, will make
you, upon a Throne, envy the Paftoral Life.

Tervvfiris^ having faid this, prefented me with a
Flute fo melodious, that the Echoes of the Hills,
which carry'd the Sound on every Side, drew all the
neighbouring Shepherds prefentiv about me. My
Voice was divinelv harmonious ; I felt m, felf mov'^d,.
as by a fuperior Power, to fing the Beauties that
Nature has beftowed upon the Country. \Ve pafa'd
the Days, and Part of the Nights, in fmging toge-
ther. All the Shepherds forgetting their Cottages
and their Flocks, ftood attentive and fix'd in Admi-
ration round me, whilft I gave them Ltfibns. The
ravage Rudenefs of our Defarts feeroed to difappear ;
all things looked gay and fmiling; and the Polite-
He's of the Inhabitants feem'd to foften the Rugged^
nefs of the Country.

We frequently met to facrifice in th^e Temple of
Apollo, where Termofiris officiated as Prieft. The
Shepherds went thither crown'd with Laurel, in
honour of the God; and the Shepherdefles follow'd
after them, dancing along with Garlands of Flowers,

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68 T^he Adventures Book II.

and carrj Ing on their Heads Bafkets full of facred
Gifts. After the Sacrifice we made a Country
Feaft ; and the men: delicious of our Fare was the
Milk of our Goats and Sheep, with various Fruits
frefh gathered with our own Hands, fuch as Dates,
Figs and Grapes. Our Seats were the green Turf;
and the fpreading Trees afforded us a Shade more
pleafant than the gilded Roofs in the Palaces of
Kings.

But that, which above all other things made me'
famous among our Shepherds, was, that one Day a
hungry Lion rufii'd in upon my Flock : Already
he had began a dreadful Slaughter: I had nothing
in my Fland but my Crook, yet .1 advanc'd boldly.
The Lion eredls his Mane, gnafhes his Teeth, un-
fheaths his dreadful Claws, and opens his parch'd
and inflam'd Throat. His Eyes feem'd full of
Blood and Fire ; and he lafh'd his Sides with his long
Tail. I threw him upon the Ground. The lit-
tle Coat of Mail that I wore, according to the
Cuftom of the Egyptian Shepherds, hinder'd him
from tearing my Body. Thrice I threw him up-
on his Back, and thrice he raifed himfelf again,
roaring fo loud that he made all the Forefts ring.
At laft I grafp'd him fo clofc that I flifled hiin.
The Shepherds, who were Witneflcs of my Vic-
tory, oblig'd me to wear the Skin of this terrible
AnimaL

The Fame of this Aiflion, and the wonderful
Alteration that had happen'd among our Shepherds,
fpread through all Egypt^ and even came to the Ear
of Sefojiris. He was informed, that one of the two
Captives, who had been taken for Phenicians^ had
reftor'd the golden Age to his almoft uninhabitable
Defarts. He refolv'd to fee me, for he lov'd the

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Bookir. of TELEMJCHUS. 6g

Mufes; and his great Soul was afFe£led with what-
foever might be ufeful to Mankind. He faw niej
he heard me with Pleafure, and difcover'd that Me-
iophis had deceiv'd him through Covetoufnefs. He
condemn'd him to perpetual Imprifonment, and
feiz'd all the Riches which he unjuftly poflefs'd.
O ! faid he, how unhappy is the Man, who is
plac'd above the reft of Men I He can feldom fee the
Truth with his own Eyes: He is furrounded by
thofe who keep the Truth from approaching him :
Their Intereft leads them to deceive him. Every
one conceals his Ambition under the Appearance of
Zeal. They pretend to love the King, but indeed
Jove only the Riches he can give: Nay they love him
fo little, that in order to obtain his Favours, they
flatter and betray him.

From this Time, Sefojiris treated me with a ten-
der Friendfhip, and refolv'd to fend me back to Jtha-
ca, with a powerful AfTiftance of Ships and Troops
to deliver Penelope from the Perfecutions of her Lo-
%'-ers. The Fleet was ready, and v/e thought of no-
thing but embarking. ladmir'd the ftrange Vicifli-
tudes of Fortune, which exalts thofe on a fudden
whom (he has moft deprefleJ. This Exp-rience
made me hope, that Ulyjfes might return at laft to
his Kingdom, after his long SufFerings ; and I thought
it not impoffible to fee Meritor again, tho' he had
been carried into the remoteft and mofl unknown
Parts of Ethiopia. VVhilft I delay 'd my Departure
to enquire after him, Sefojiris^ who was very aged,
died fuddenly, and his Death plunged me again into
new Misfortune'.

All Egypt was inconfolable for this Lofs. Every
Family thought they had loft their beft Friend,
their Protedlor, their Father. The old Men lift-

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ing up their Hands to Heaven, cry'd out, Egypt ne-
ver had fo good a King, and never will have one like
him. O! ye Gods, you (hould never have (hew'd
him to Men, or never have taken him away. Why
muft we furvive the great Sefojlris F The young
Men faid, the Hope of Egypt is no more! Our Fa-
thers were happy in living under fo good a King :
But as for us, we only faw him to be fenfible of the
Lofs of him. His Domeftics wept Night and Day :
And when the King's Funeral was performed,
Multitudes of People from the remoteft Parts, came
running to Thebes^ during forty Days. Every one
was defirous to fee once more the Body of SeJoJIris^
to prefer ve the Idea of him ; and many to be bury'd
with him.

But what ftill aggravated their Grief, was, that
his Son Bocchorisha.d neither Humanity for Strangers,
nor Regard for the Sciences, nor Efteem for virtuous
Men, nor Defire of Glor) . The Grearnefs of his
Father had contributed to make him unworthy to
reign. He had been educated in an efteminate Soft-
nefs and brutal Pride. He accounted Men as no-
thing, believing them made only to be his Slaves,
and bimfelf to be of a Nature different from them.
He thought of nothing but how he might gratify his
Paflions, wafte the immenfe Treafures his Father
had hufbanded with fo much Care, plague the Peo-
ple, fuck the Blood of the Unfortunate, and follow
the flattering Counfels of young Fool?, who fur-
rounded him ; whilfl he turn'J out with Contempt
all the antient Sages, who had been intruded by his
Father. In a Word, he was a Monfter, and not a
King. All Egypt gioan'd under him; and though
the Name of Sefojlris, which was fo dear to the
Egyptians, made them bear with the bafe and cruel

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Bookll. of TELEMACHUS. yt

Condu(5l of his Son, yet he made hafte to Ruin ; for
a Prince fo unworthy of a Throne could not enjoy
it long.

As for me, I loft all Hopes of returning to Ithaca y
I was confined to a Tower that ftands by the Sea,
r.^cW Pelufiunii where I fliould have embark'd, if Se-
fsjiris had not dy'd. Metophis had the Cunning to
get out of Prifon, and to be received into Favour by
the new King. 'Twas he that caus'd my Confine-
ment, to revenge the Difgrace I had brought upon
him. I pafled the Days and Nights in the profound-
eft Melancholy. All the Things which Termofiris
had foretold, and all that I had iieard from the Cave,
appear'd to me now only like a Dream. I wasover-
whelm'd with the rnoft bitter Grief. I faw the
Waves beating at the Foot of the Tower where I
was Prifoner. I often employed my Time in ob-
ferving the Ships that were tofi'd by Storms, and in
Danger of being fpllt againft the Rocks upon which
the Tower was built j and, inftead of pitying ihofe
who were threaten'd with Shipwreck, I envy'd their
Condition. Their Misfortunes, faid I, to myfelf,
will either foon be ended together with their Lives,
or elfe they will happily arrive in their ovv'n Country ;
but alas ! 1 can hope for neither.

Whilft thus I confum'd myfelf away in fruitlefs
Lasnentations ; 1 perceiv'd, as it were, a Foreft of
Mafts, the Sea was cover'd with Ships, and the
Winds fwell'd all their Sails. The Waters foam'd
beneath the Strokes of innumerable Oars. I
heard a confus'd Noife on every Side. I faw one
Part of the Egyptians upon the Shore, terrified and
running to their Arms ; whilft others fecm'd going
to receive the Fleet which they fjw approaching. I
fuon perceiv'd, that Part of thefe foreign Ships were

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of Phenicia., and the reft of the Ifland of Cyprus :
For my Misfortunes began to render me experiencM
in Matters relating to Navigation. The Egyptians
appeared to nne to be divided among themfclves ; and
I doubted not, that the unthinking King BocchoriSy
had, by his Violences, caufed his Subjei^s to revolt,
who had rais'd a Civil War. I was Spedlator of a
blooJy Battle from the Top of my Tower.

That Part of the Egyptians^ who had invited thofe
Foreigners to their Afiiitance, having favoured their.
Defcent, fell upon the other Egyptians^ who had the
King at their Head. I faw this King animating his
Men by his own Example. He appeared like the
Oodof War. Streams of Blood flowed round about
him. The Wheels of his Chariot were died with'
black, thick, foaming Gore, and could hardly pafg
for the Heaps of Dead that lay in the Way.

This young King, comely, vigorous, of a fierce
and haughtv Mien, had R^Jge and Defpair in his Eyes.
He was like a beautiful, but ungovernable Horfe.
His Courage pufhtd him on to Danger; but he
had no Prudence to dircdl his Valour. He knev/
neither how to repair a Fault, nor to give neceffary
Orders, nor to fori. fee the Mifchiefs that threaten 'd
him, nor to fpare his Men, tho' he flood in the ut-
moft need of them. Not that he wanted Genius, for
his Knowledge was equal to his Courage; but he
had never bten inftrud^cd by Adverfity. His Ma-
ilers had poifoned bis fine natural Qualities with
their Flattery. He was intoxicated with his own
Power and Felicity. He thought every thing inufl:
yield to his impetuc us Dcfires, The ].afl: Refiftance
inflamed his Rage; and then he coniulted his Rea-
fon no longer; he was, as it were, befide himfclf; his
furious Pride transform'd him into a wild Bealt ; his

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Book II. of ^ELEMACHUS. y^

innate Good-nature and Equity forfook him inanj'n-
ftant ; the moft faithful of his Servants were forc'd to
fly from him, and he no longer liked any but ihofe
who flattered his PafTions. By this means he always
fell into Extremes againil his true Intereft, and forced
all honeft Men to deleft his foolifli Condud. His
\'alour fuftained him for a Jong Time againft the
Multitude of his Enemies ; but at laft he was borne
down with Numbers. I faw him perifli ; the Dart
of a Phenidan pierc'd his Breaft : Not being able to
hold the Reins any longer, he fell from his Chariot,
and was trampled under foot by the Horfes. A Sol-
dier of Cyprus cut off his Head ; and holding it up by
the Hair, fliewed it, as it were, in triumph to the
vi'florious Army.

I ihall ever remember the Sight of that Head
fmeared v.ith Blood; the Eyes (hut and extinguifh'd j
the Face pale and disfigi>red ; the Mouth half open,
and fecming defirous of concluding the unfinifh'd Sen-
tence ; ?. fierce and menacing Air, which Death it-
felf could not efiacc. This Image will be always
before my Eyes to the laft Day of my Life ; and if
ever the Gods permit me to reign, I fhaJl never for-
get, after this fatal Example, I'hat no King is wor-
thv to command, or can be happy in the Polieflion
of his Power, unlefa he hirnfelf be governed by Rea-
fnn. Alas ! 'tis the utmoit of all Misfortunes, for a
Man, who is created for the public Good, to become
Matter of vaft Numbers of Men, and then only ren-
tier them miferable.

^The END of the SECOND BOOK.

K r H E

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

TE L E MACHUS.

BOOK III.

The ARGUMENT.

Telemachus relates how be was fet at Liberty hy the
Succejjor of Bocchoris, with all the Tyrian Prifotws,
and with them carried to Tyre, on hoard the Ship of
Narbal, who commanded the Tyrian Fleet ; that
Narbal gave him the Character of their King Pygma-
lion, whofe cruel Avarice was to he dreaded; that af-
terwards he learned from Narbal all the Regulations
obferved in the Co7mnerce of Tyre ; and that he ivas
jufl going to embark onboard a Cyprian Ship., in or'-
dcr to go hy the IJland of Cyprus to Ithaca, when
Pygmalion difcover'd him to be a Stranger ', and or-
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Book III. vf TELEMAC'HUS. 75

derd him to be fe'iT^d ; t])at he was thai upon the point
of being dejlroyd ; bid that Aftarbe, that Tyrant's
Adijirefsy had faved him in order to put to deaths in
hisroo?n, a young Man^ luhofe Dijdain had provoked
her Anger.

6^/^^B' ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ with A{}oniniment thefe
¥Ji(M'^!^ wife Reflections } and wliat chanii'd hcf
KMS^%f moft, was to lee how ingcnuoiiny the
.Jl^'^^^^^'^j young Tele??iachus related the Faults he
''■^^-'^''i^f^^^'^ had committed thro' Precipitation, and
Difregard of the Counfels of the fage AlrKtor. She
was furpriz'd with the Greatnefs and Generofity of
his Mind ; who accufed himfelf, and made fo good
Ufe of his own Ovcrfights, as to become wife, pro-
' vident and temperate.

Go on, faid ilie, my dear Telemachus ; I long to
know hov/ you got out of Egypt^ and where you
found again the wife Mentor y whofe Lofs you re-
gretted with fo much Reafon.

Telemachus^ refuming hio Difcourfe. faid, The beR
of the Egyptians who were moft faithful to the Kin?,
finding themfelves overpowered, and the Kingdea-d,
were compell'd to fubmit to the reft, and another
King, call'd Termutis, was fet up. The Phenician>
and the Troops of Cyprus departed from Egypt, after
they had made an AlHance with the new King. All
ithe Pheniciansy that were Prifoners, were fet at Li-
berty, and as 1 was accounted one of them, 1 was
releas'd from the Tower ; I cmbark'd with the reft,
and my Hopes began to revive in the Bottom of my
Heart.

Already a favourable Gale fill'd our Sails ; our

Oars cut the foaming Waves ; the wide Sea v/as co-

ver'd with our Ships j the Mariners fhoutcd foi Joy ;

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the Shores of Egypt fled from us j the Hills and
Mountains graddally diininifl:jed j wc began to fee
nothing but the Heavens and the Waters, whilft the
rifing Sun feem'd to dart his fparkling P'lames out of
the Bofom of the Sea ; his Rays gilded the Tops of
the Mountains, which v/e could itill juft difcover upon
the Horizon, and the whole Face of Heaven, pain-
ted with a deep Azure, gave us Hopes of a happy
Voyage.

Though I had been fet at Liberty as one of the
Phefiicians, yet none of them knew who 1 was,
Narhal^ who commanded the Ship I was in, afk'd me
my Name and my Country. Of what City, faid he,
in Pbcnida^ are you? I am not -^i Phcnician^ faid I,
but the Egyptians took me at Sea in a Phenician Ship.
i have been a long Time Prifoner in Egypt as a Phe-
nician', under that Name I have long fufFer'd, and
under that Name I am deliver'd. Of what Country j
art thou thenj {;k\^Narbal? 1 am, faid I, Tdanachus, ]
Son of VhlJes, King of Ithaca, in Greece. My Fa- I
ther made himfelf famous among the Kings who be- J'
iiegcd the City of Troy; but the Gods have not per-
p'itted him to return to his own Country. I have
fought him in many Climates, but Fortune perfecutcs
me alfo. You fee an unfortunate Perfon, who defires
no other Happinefs, than to return to his own Coun-
try, and to find his Father.

Narbal look'd upon me with AftoniOiment, and
thought he faw in my Face fomething Fortiniate, the
Stamp of Heaven, and which is not common to the
reii of Men. He was by Nature, ilncere and gene- j'
rous. He was mov'd with my Misfortunes, and I
converfed with me, with a Dearnefs and Intimacy
infpired by the Gods for my Prefeivatiou in a mighty
Danger.

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Telemachus^ faid he, I neither do nor can doubt
the Truth of what you fay: The lively Images of
Good-nature and Virtue ^rawn upon your Face, will
not give me leave to diflrufl you. 1 even perceive,
that the Gods, v.'hom I have alvs'ays ferv'd, love you,
and will have me to love you, as if you were my
Son. I will give you fafe and ufeful Advice, and for
my Recompence defire nothing of you but to be fe-
cret. Fear not, faid I, for I can, without Difficulty,
keep any thing fecret that you (hall be pleas'd to in-
truft me with. Though I am young, yet I have
grown up in the Habit of not difcovering my own
Secret, and much more of not betraying, ander any
Pretext, the Secret of another. How have you been
able, faid he, to accutloni yourfclf to keep Secrets '\\\
fuch tender Years ? 1 fnali be glad to know by what .
means you have acquired this admirable Qiiality,
W'hich is the Foundation of the wifelf Conduct, and
v/ithout which all other Talents are ufelefs.

When Uiyjps, faid I, departed to go to the Siege
of Troy^ he took me upon his Knees, and embraced
me, (for thus I have been told the Story) and after
he had kifi'ed me in the tendereft manner, he fuid
thefe Words to me, though I could not then under-
fland them : O my Son ! may the Gods never let me
fee thee again ; let rather the fatal Sciflars cut the
Thread of thy early Days, while yet it is hardly
form'd, as the Reaper cuts down with the Sickle the
tender Flower that begins to blow ; let my Enemies
dafli thee in Pieces, before the Eyes of thy Mother
and me, if ever thou art to be corrupted, and aban-
don Virtue. Oh ! my Friends, continued he, I
leave my Son with you, who is fo dear to me ; take
care of his tender Years j if you love me, banifh
all pernicious Flatterers from about himj iniirud him
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78 the Adventures Book III.

how to overcome his Paffions ; and Jet him be like a
tender Plant, that Men often bend, in order to make
it grow upright. Above all, forget not to render him
juft, beneficent, fmcere, and faithful in keeping a
isecrct. Whoever is capable of a Lie, is unvvorlhv
to be counted a Man ; and whoever knows not how
to be filent, is unworthy to govern.

I am exaft in the Repetition of thefe Words ; be-
eaufe Care vv'as taken to repeat them often to me, and
they have made a deep Imprefiion in my Heart. I
often repeat them to myfelf. My Father's Friends
made it their Bufmefs to exercife me early in keeping
Secrets. I was yet in my Infancy, when they trufted
me with all their Uneafinefles and Difturbances of
Mind, to fee my Mother expofed to the Perfecutions
of To many bold Suitors, who offer'd to marry her.
Thus they began early to treat me as a Man of Rea-
ibn, and one that could be trufled. They convers'd
with me privately concerning the moft important Af-
fairs, and acquainted me with all the Meafures they
took to remove thofe Pretenders.

I was overjoy 'd to be trusted in this manner, for
thereby 1 look'd upon myfelf as a grown Man. 1
never abus'd the Confidence rcpos'd in mej I never
let fall one fingle Word, that might difcover the leaft
Secret. The Suitors often endeavour'd to make me
talk ; expecting that a Child, who had feen or heard
any Thing of Importance, would not have been able
to conceal it. But 1 knew how to anfwer them with-
out lying, and without informing them of any Thing
I ought not to mention.

Upon this Narhal faid to me. You fee, Telema-
chuSf the Power of the Phenic'ians : They are formi-
dable to all the neighbouring Nations, on account of
theit mighty Fleets. The Trade they drive as far

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Book III. o/rELE MACHUS. yg

as the Pillars of Hercules^ procures them Riches fur-
pafling thofe of the moil flourifliing People. The
great Sefojlris^ who could never have fubdued them
by Sea, did, W\t\\ great Difficulty, conquer them by
Land, w^ith thofe Armies that had fubjugated all the
Eaft. He impos'd a Tribute upon us, which has not
continued long. The PJieniclmis found thcmfelves
too rich and too potent, to wear the Yoke of Ser-
vitude with Patience. "VVe recover'd our Liberty.
Sefojirh was prevented by Death from finifhing the
War againft us. 'Lis true, we had Pvcafon to fear
the Event, much more on account of his Wifdom,
than his Power, But, as foon as his Pov/er, without^
his Wifdom, had pafs'd into the Hands of his Son,
we concluded we had nothing to fear. And, indeed,
the Egyptians have been fo far from returning in Arms
to make an entire Conqueft of our Country, that
they have been conftrain'd to call us to their Afii-
ftance, to deliver them from the Fury of an impious
and outrageous King. We have been their Delive-
rers, and have added the Glory of this Adion to the
Liberty and Riches of our Countrv.

But, whilft we deliver others, we ourfelves are
Slaves. O Tdcmachm! beware of falling into the
cruel Hands of Pygmalion^ our King. He has al-
ready imbrued them in the Blood of liicha:us, his Si-
fter D/,:/c's Hufband. Dido^ full of Horror and Re-
venge, is fled from Tyrey with many Ships, Mod
ot thofe, who are Lovers of Liberty and Virtue, fol-
lowed her. She has founded a magnificent City n[^-
on the Coaft of Africk, and call'd it Carthage. ' Py<^--
?naUony tormented with an infaliable Thixil of
Wealth, renders himfelf every Day more wretched
and odious to all his Subjects. ' Tis a Ciime at Tyre
to. be rich. His Avarice fills him with Sufpicion, Di-
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flruft, and Cruelty. He perfecutes the Wealthy,
and fears the Poor. 'Tis Itill a greater Crime at
7yre to be virtuous : for Pygwal'icn fuppofes that good
'Wen cannot bear with his Injuftice and Baicnefs.
As Virtue condemns him, fo is he exafperatcJ and
ir.ccnfed at it. Every thing difturbs him, affrights
l>im, and preys upon him. He trembles at his own
Shadow ; he fleeps neither by Night nor by Day.
The Gods, to plague him, load him wiih Treafurcs
he dares not enjoy. The Things he covets to make
-him happy, are precilely thofe that make him mife-
rable. He regrets whatever he gives ; dreads to lofe,
;ind torments himfelf with Hopes of Gain. He is
leldom feen. He fliuts himfelf up in the remoteit
Parts of his Palace, fad, lonely, and dejected. His
very Friends dare not approach him, for fear of be-
ng fufpected. A Guard, terrible to fee, continually
flunds round his Palace, with Swords drawn, an-i
creeled Pikes. Thirty Chambers on a Floor, with
Doors of Iron, and iix huge Bolts on each, make
vip the dreadful Apartment where he hides himfelf.
No one ever knows in which of thefe Chambers he
lies. 'Tis faid, he never lies in any of them two
Nights together, for fear his Throat (hould be cut.
He knows no fweet Enjoyments, nor the fweeter
Delights of Friendfhip. U any one fpeaks to him of
Joy, he finds it will not come near him, nor ever
enter into his Heart. His hollow Eyes are full of
a fierce and favage Fire, and incefiiuitly rolling on
every Side. He hearkens to the leaft Noife, and feels
a dread Alarm ; becomes pale, meagre ; and black
Anxiety fits pidlur'd upon his ever-wrinkled Face,
He fighs, is fiient, and fetches deep Groans from
the Bottom of his FIcart. He is unable to conceal
the Remorfe that rends his Soul. He naufeates tho

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Book III. ofTELEMACHUS. Si

moft delicious Food. His Children, infiead of being
the Hopes of his Age, arc the Objeds of his Fear.
He looks upon them as his mod: dangerous Enemies.
He never thought himfelf fecure one xVIoment of his
Life. He preferves himfelf only by fhedding the
Blood of every one he fears. Foolifh Man ! vjho
fees not that his Cruelty, which he fo much relies
upon, will be his Def1:ru<51:ion ! Some domeftic Ser-
vant, as fufpicious as he, will foon deliver the World
from this Monfter.

As for me, I fear the Gods, and v^ill be faithful
to the King they have fet over me, let the Confer
quence be what it will. J had rather die, than take
away his Life, or even fail to defend him. For your "
Part, O Telemaihus ! let him not know that you are
the Son of Ulyjfes ; for he would make you a Prifo-
ner, in expedlation of a great Ranfon>, when UlyJJes
returns to Ithaca.

When we arriv'd at Tyre., I follow'd NarbaTs
Counfel, and found every thing he had faid to be
true. I could not comprehend how a iV'Ian could
make himfelf fo miferable as Pygmalion appear'd to
be. Surpriz'd with a thing fo (hocking, and fo new
to me, I faid thus to myfelf : This Man defign'd to
be happy, and perfuaded himfelf, that Riches and
Arbitrary Power wo-uld make him fo. He poffefles
all he can defire, and yet is made miferable even by
his Power and his Riches, ii he were a Shepherd,,
as I lately was, he would be as happy as 1 have been.
He would enjoy the innocent Pleafures of the Coun-
try; nay, enjoy them without Remorfe He would
not fear either Dagger or Poifon. He v/ould love
Men, and be bclov'd by tliem. He v/ould not in-
deed be PoilelTor of thofe vaft Treafures, which are
as infignilicant to him as Sand, fuice he dares not
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S 1 The A D V E N T u a E 3 Book 111.

touch them ; but he would plentecnifly enjoy the
Fruits of the Earth, and lUfter no real Want. Thhi
Man fcems to do whatever plcafes him ; but the Cafe
is far otberwife, for he does all that his fierce Paflions
command. He is continually hurried away by Ava-
rice, Fears, and Jealoufy, He fcems to be Maftcr
of all other Men, but is not Mafter of himfclf j for.
he has as many Maftcrs and 1'ormcntors, as he has
violent Dcfues.

Thus 1 reafoned concerning Pygmali.vi^ without

<^ feeing him ; for he was not to be ieen. Men only
beheid with Awe thofe lofty Towers that were fur-
rounded Night and Day with dreadful Guards, where
he fhut himfelf up, as it were in a Prifon, with his
beloved Treafures. I compar'J this invihble King
with Scfojlris^ who was {o good, fo eafy of Acccfs,
fc afiiibie, To curious to fee Foreigners, fo attentive
in eivins Audience to all Men, and to find out the
Truth, Vv'hich is always conceal'd from Kings. Sc'
Jo/iris^ faid I, fear'd nothing, and had nothing to fear.
He fhew'd himfelf to all his Subjects, as to his own
Children, This Man fears all, and has all to fear.
This wicked Kjng is always expos'd to the Danger
of a violent Death, even within his inaccelTible Palace,
ahd in the Midlt of his Guards. On the contrary,

■ the good King Sefo/h'is was alv/ays feen in the A4idlb
of the greatefi Numbers of his People j like a gentle
Father in his ov.?n Houl'e, with all his Family about
him.

Pygmalion gave Orders to fend home the Forces of
Cyprus, that came to his Afliftance, by virtue of an.
Alliance that was between the two relations. Ncirbal
took this Occafioii to fet me at J^iberty. He caus'd

me to be multcr'd among the Cyprian Soldiers ; for

the King was jealous even in the iDinuttit Thiney..

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Eooklir. ofTKLEMACHUS. 85

The common Fault of too eafy and Jazy Pfinces, is
blindly to give themfelves up to the Condudl of craf-
ty and corrupt Favourites : Whereas, on the contra-
ry, it was this Man's Fault to diftruft the heft and
moft virtuous. He knew not how to diftinguifh
Men of Probity and Uprightnefs, who always a6l
without Difguife ; fo he had never k^n an honeft
Man, for fuch will always avoid a corrupt King.
Befides, he had found, in all thofe who had ferv'd
him fince his Acceffion to the Crown, fo much Dif-
fimulaiion and Perhdioufnefs, and other horrid Vices,
difguis'd under the Appearances of Virtue, that he
look'd upon all Men, without Exception, as living
under a MafiC, and concluded there was no real Vir-
tue in the Vv''orld : Therefore he look'd upon all Mea
to be much alike j and, upon this Suppofition, when
he found a Servant tricking and corrupt, he took not
the Pains to look out for another, becaufe he rec-
kon'd that he could not better his Choice; Nay,
good A'ien appear'd to him worfe than the barefac'd
Wicked, becaufe he thought them as bad, and more
deceitful.

But to return to myfelf. I pafs'd in the Mufter
for a Cyprian^ and efcap'd the watchful Jealoufy of
the King. Narbal trembled for fear I fhould be dif-
covcr'd, which would have cofl his Life, and mine
alfo. . It is impoflible to conceive the impatience he
was under to fee us embark'\] j but contrary Winds
liill dctain'd us at Tyre.

I made ufe of this Time to inform myfelf of the
Manners of the Phencc:a)2s, \o famous in all Parts of
the known World. I admired the happy Situ irion of
their City, which is built upon an Ifland in- the midft
of the Sea. The neighbouring Coaft is delightful
for its Fertility, abounding in cxquiute Fruit, and-fo-

covcr'd-
4 •■

2jl T/^^ Adven titre s Book 111.

covcr'd with Towns and Villages, that they Item to
be contiguous to one another. The Ah- is fwect
and temperate ; for the Mountains fhclter that Coall:
from the fcorching Winds which come from the
South ; and the Country is every-where refteTned by
the North Wind that blows from the Sea. It lies at
the Foot of Mount Libanus, whofe Summit pierces
through the Clouds, and advances to meet the Stars.
His Brow is cover'd with eternal Ice ; and Rivers, full
of Snow, fall down like Torrents from the Rocks
that furround his Head, Beneath is feen a vaft Foreit
of ancient Cedars, which appear as old as the Earth
on which they grow, and llioot their thick-fpreading
Branches to the Clouds. At the Foot of this Foreit
are rich Paiiurcs, leaning on the Defccnt of the
Mountain. Here one may fee the bellowing Bulls
wandering up and down, and the bleating £v/es with
their tender Lambs, fkipping upon the Grafs. A
thoufand Streams of the clcareft Water run down
thefe ("xiarming Fields. Belov/ thefe Failures is the
Foot of the Mountains, which appears like a Garden
on every Side. Here Sprwg and Autiunn reign toge-
ther, and join the Fruits of the one to the Flowers of
the other. Neither the peiiilent Breath of the South -
Wind, that parches and burns up all, nor the cruel
Blaft of the North, have ever dared to deface the
lively Colours that adorn this Garden.

Hard by this beautiful Coalf, an Ifland rifes in the
Sea, where the City of Tyre is built. This great
City feems to, float upon the Waters, and to be
(^leen of all the Sea. The Merchants relbrt thither
from all Parts of the World ; and its Inhabitants are
the moft famous Merchants in the Univcrfe. When
Men enter into this City, they cannot think it to be
a Place belonging to a .particular People i bvt4-ather

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Book III. of TELE MAC HUS. 85

to be a City common to all Nations, and the Center
of all Trade. Two great Moles, advancing their
Arms into the Sea, embrace a vaft Port, where the
Winds cannot enter. In this Harbour, one may fee,
as it were, a Foreft of Mafts ; and the Ships are fo
numerous, that the Sea which carries them, can
hardly be difcover'd. AH the Citizens apply them-
felves to Commerce, and their vaft Riches never ren-
der them averfe to that Labour which is necellaiy to
increafe their Treafure. In every Part of the L.ity,
one may fee the fine Linen of Egypt^ and the Tyrian
Purple, twice dy'd, and of a marvellous Luftre.
This double Tincture is fo lively, as not to be effaced
by Time. 'Tis us'd upon the fineft Cloth, fet off
with Embroidery of Gold and Silver. The Pheni-
<:;Vmj drive a Trade with all People, as far, as the
Straits of Gades : Nay, they have penetrated irtto the
vaft Ocean that encoinpalTes the iiarth. They have
'- made long Voyages upon the Red Sea ^ and vifited
unknown Iflands, from whence they bring Gold and
all forts of Perfumes, with various Animals, no
where clfe to be feen.

I could not (atiate my Eyes with the Sight of this
great City, where every Thing was in Motion. I
. did not fee there, as in the Cities of Greece^ idle and
inquifitive Perfons, going about to hear News in. the
public Places, and to gaze upon Strangers as they ar-
rive iri the Ports. The A'len are employed in un-
loading their Ships, fending away, or felling their
Goods, putting their Warehouies in order, and
keeping an exact Account of what is due to them
from foreign Merchants. The Women are always
buly in fpinning of Wool, or in forming various
Patterns of Embroidery, or in folding up the riche{l
Stufti*

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Whence comes ir, faid I to Naroal, that the P/?e-
nidans are Mafters of the Trade in all Parts of the
World, and enrich themfelves thus at the Expence
oi all other Nations? You fee, faid he, the Situation
oi Tyre, how conveniently it lies for Trade: Our
Country has the Honour of having invented Naviga-
tion; i^iQTyrians were the firft (if we may believe
what is told us by the moft obfcure Antiquity) who
tam'd the boifterous Waves, long before the Times
of Typhis and the Argonauts, {o boalied of in Greece.
They were the firft who, in a feeble Ship, durft com-
mit themfelves to the Mercy of the Waves and
Storms ; who founded the Depths of the Sea ; who
obferv'd the Stars at a Dillance from the Land, a^c-
eording to the Knowledge they had learn'd from the
Egyptians and Babylonians ; and who, by thefe means,
re- united fo many People that the Sea feem'd to have
fcparated for ever. The Tyrians are induftrious, pa-
tient, laborious, cleanly, fober, and frugal ; exa<5t
in their civil Government, and perfectly imited a-
mong themfelves. No Nation has ever been more
conftant, more fincere, more faithful, more honeft, -
and more kind to all Strangers.

This, without feeking any other Caufe, is what
gives them the Empire of the Sea^ and makes fo ad-
vantageous a Trade toflounfli in their Port. If they
{hould fall into Divifjoas and Jealoufies ; if they .
fliould emafculate themfelves with Pleafures and Idle-
liefs j if the principal Citizens fiioutd come to defpife
Labour and Frugality j if Arts (hould ceafe to be ac-
counted honourable among them ; if they fnould vio-
late their Faith with Strangers, and in the lead, tranfr
grefs the Rules of free Trade; if they negledt their
ManufatStures, and ceafe -to give due Encouragement
ta Artificer^,, in. order ca ciiuble them to make theu-

Goods

Bookni, cfl'ELEMACHirS. 87

Goods perfedl, each in its Kind, you would foon fee
the Ruin of that Power you admire.

But pray, faid 1, inftru6t me how I may hereafter
eftablifh the like Commerce in Ithaca, Do, faid he,
as you fee done here. Receive all Strangers kindly j
let them find Safety in your Ports, with Conveniency,
and entire Liberty. Suffer not yourfelf to be poffef-
fed with Covetoufnefs or Pride, The true way to
gain much, is never to defire to gain too much, and
to know how and when to lofe ; acquire the Love of .
all Strangers, and even fuffer fmall Wrongs frooi^;
them ; beware of exciting their Sufpiclons by info-
lent Behaviour ; be conRant to the Rules of Trade,
which fhould be plain and eafy ; accuftom. your Sub-
je6ls to obferve them inviolably ; punifh Fraud with
Severity, nay even Ne2;ligence or Pride in Mer-
chants, who ruin Trade by ruining thofe who carry it
on : Above all, never go about to reftrain Trade, or
to turn its Courfe according to your own Fancy.
The Prince fhould never intermeddle with it, for
fear of difcouraging his People ; who, as they have
the Pains, ought to have all the Profit. He v/ill find
fufficient Advantages by the vaft Riches that will be
brought into bia Kingdom. Commerce is like cer-
tiiin Springs, if you force them to alter their Courfe,
you dry them up. 'Tis only Profit and Conveniency
that attrad Strangers to you. If you render their
Trade lefs eafy and lefs beneficial, they Vv'ill infen-
fibly withdraw themfelves, and return no more ; be-
caule other Nations, taking Advantage of your Im-
prudence, will invite them thither, and accuftom.
them to live without you. I muft own, that for
Ibme Time pafr, the Glory of Tyrt hath been much
clouded, O ! if you had {ctn it, my dear Tek.nia-
diuSf before, the Reign of Pj^malkity )ou wouids

hav.a-

83 The Adventures Book llf.

have been much more fu/prized. Now, rou only
find here the difmal Remains of a Grandeur that
tends to its Ruin. O unhappy Tyre I into what
Hands art thou Lllen ! The Sea iormcrly brought
thee the Tribute of all the Nations in the World.
Pygmalion is afraid of all, both Strangers and Sub-
jects. Inftead of opening his Ports, according to
our ancient Cuftom, with an entire Liberty to all
People, however remote, he requires conftantly to
be informed what Number of Ships arrive, and from
what Country, the Names of the Men on board,
the Trade they drive, the Nature and Price of their
Merchandize, and the Time they defign to ftay. He
does yet v/orfe ; for he ufes all manner of Artifices to
inihare the Merchants, and to coniifcate their Cioods.
He harrades the Merchants whom he thinks the
mofl wealthy : He burdens Trade under various Pre-
tences with new Impofts : He will be a Merchant
himfelf, while all Men are afraid to deal with him.
Thus our Commerce languifhes : f'oreigners, by de-
grees, forget the Way to Tyre, which was once fo
well known to them ; and if Pygmailon v. ill not alter
his Conduil, our Glory and our Power muft in a
ftiort Time be transferr'd to fome other People who
are under a better Government.

I then demanded of Narbal, by what means the
Tyrians had render'd themfelves lb powerful at Sea ;
for I v/as not willing to be ignorant of any thing that
might contribute to the good Government of a King-
dom. We have, faid he, the Forelfs of Libanus.^
which furnifh us with Timber for the building of
Ships, and we preferve them with Care, for that
Ufe. We never fell the Trees, but for the public
Service ; and, as for the building of Ships, we are
provided with very able Shipwrights. How came

yoMa,

Booklir. of TELEMACHVS. 89

you, faid I, to find thefe excellent Artifts ? They
grew up, faid he, by degrees in ihe Country. When
thofe who excel in Arts are liberally rewarded, Men
will quickly be found, who fhall carry them to the
■utmoil Perfe£lion : For Men of the beft Talents and
Undei (landing never fail to apply themfelves to thofe
Arts that are attended with the greateil; Recompences.
]n this City, we honour all fuch Perfons as excel in
any of thofe Arts and Sciences which are ufeful to
Navigation. We refpecl a Man flcilled in Geome-
try ; we highly efteem an able Aftronomer ; and
bountifully reward a Pilot who furpalfes the reft of
his Profeffion. We defpife not a good Carpenter ;
on the contrary, he is well paid, and well us'd.
Even Men dextrous at the Oar, are fure of a Re-
ward proportion'd to their Service : They are fed
with whoifome Provifions ; they are carefully at-
tended v/hen fick ; Care is taken of their Wives and
Children in their Abfence; if they perifh by Ship-
wreck, their Families are recompenfed for their Lofs ;
and every Man is fent home to his Habitation, after
he has ferv'd a certain Time. By thefe means, the
Tyriam have as many Seamen as they will. Fathers
are glad to bring up their Children to fo good an Em-
ployment, and haften to teach them in their tender
Years to handle an Oar, manage the Tackle, and
fcorn a Storm. Thefe Rewards, and this good Or-
der, lead Men to be ufeful to the Public, without
Compulfion. Authority never does well alone ; the
Submillion of Inferiors is not enough ; their Hearts
mud be won, and they ought to find their own Ac-
count in ferving the State.

After this Difcourfe, Narhal condu£lcd me to fee
all the Magazines, the Arfenals, and the feveral
Trades that ferve for the building and fitting out of

Ships.

90 The Adventures Book III.

Ships. I enquired into all Particulars, even the mi-
nuteft Things, and wrote down all that I had learn'd,
for fear of forgetting any ufeful Circumftance.

In the mean time Narbal, who knew Pygmalion,
as well as he lov'd me, was impatient for my Depar-
ture, fearing I might be difcovered by the King's
Spies, who v/ent up and down the Town, Day and
Night ; but the Winds would not permit us yet to
embark. One D'ay, as we ftood viewing the Port,
and afking Merchants divers Queftions, an Oflicer
of Pygmalion came up to us, and faid to Narbol^ The
King is juft now inform'd, by a Captain of one of
thofe Ships which return'd with you from Egypt^ that
you have brought a certain Stranger, who paiTes for
a Cyprian. 'Tis the King's Pleafure to have him
feiz'd, and examin'd, that he may know who he is;
And for this you are to anfwer with your Head.

In that Moment, 1 was at fome Diftance from
Narbal, in order to take a nearer View of the Pro-
portions which the Tyrians\\VL(i obferv'd in building a
Ship, that was then almoft new, and accounted, by
reafon of the exa£l Proportion of all its Parts, the
bed Sailer that had ever been feen in the Harbour.
1 afk'd the Builder, v.'ho he was that had drawn the
Plan of that Ship ?

Narbal, furpriz'd and terrified with this Melfage,
anfwercd, I will make it nry Bufuiefs to find out that
Cyprian Stranger ; but, as foon as the Officer w^as
out of Sight, he ran to me, and inform'd me of the
Danger 1 was in. I too well forefaw, faid he, what
would happen, my dear TeUmachus, we are both un-
done ; the King, who is Night and Day tormented
with Diffidence, fufpcdls you not to be a Cyprian. He
will have you feiz'd, and will take away my Life, if
I do not put you into his Hands. What fhall we do?

Q

Book III. ofrrELEMACHUS. 91

0 Gods ! give us Wifdom to efcape this Danger \

1 mull, Teletmchus^ Garry you to the Kuig's Palace,
where you fhall affirm, that you are a Cyprian of the
City of Jmathus^ and Son to a Statuary of Venus. I
will declare, that I formerly knew your Father; and
perhaps the King may let you depart without any
further Examination. I fee no other Way to fave
your Life and mine.

lanfwer'd, O Narhal ! fufFer a miferable Man to
perifli, Tuice Fate has decreed my Deftrudion. I
know how to die, and am too much indebted to you,
to draw you into my Misfortune. I cannot perfuade
myfelf to tell a Lie ; I am not a Cyprian, nor can I
affirm myfelf toinje fuch. The Gods fee my Since-
rity ; to them it'belongs to preferve my Life, if they
pleafe, by their Power, but I will not fave it by
Falftiood.

Narbal tirrfwer|6 me, This Falihood, O Telema^
(bus ! is in all refpafts innoceni: j it cannot be difap-
prov'd by the GodAiemfclves ; it does no Injnry to
any one ; it fc*es iM Lives of two innocent Perfons,
and deceives tha^ng only to prevent him from coni-
mitting a great ^fhae. ^0C carry the Lave of Vir-
tue too far, and stre too fcrupulous in your Fears of
offending Religion.

But, faid I, '^alfhood is Falfhood ftill ; and on
that account unworthy of a Man who fpeaks in the
Prefence of the Gods, and owns the higheft Reve-
rence to Truth. He that oftends the Truth, offends
the Gods, and wounds his own Mind, becaufe he
fpeaks againrt his Confcience. Propofe no more, O
Narbal! that \vhich. is unworthy of us both. If
the Gods have any Pity for us, they know how to
deliver us ; but if they fuffer us to perifti, we fhall
fall the Vi^lims of Truth, and leave an Kxample to

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9 2 The Adventures" Book III.

inftruiSl Men to prefer unblemifh'd Virtue before
long Life. My own is already too long, fince it is
thus unhappy. 'Tis for you alone, ir.y dear N.'.rbal,
that my Heart is melted ; why fhould your Kindnefs
to an unfortunate Stranger, prove fo fatal to you ?

We continued long in this kind of Conflict, till at
laft we fav/ a Man quite out of Breath, running to-
wards us. He was anotiicr of the King's Officers,
and fent to Narbal by Ajlarbe. This Woman was
beautiful as a Goddefs : 'Vo the Charms of her Body
were added thofe of a refined Wit j (he was gay, in-
finuatidg, flattering ; but under the Appearance of
Gentlenefs, fhe, Syren-\\V.i:, had a Heart fiU'd with
Malice and Cruelty. Yet flie knew^how to conceal
her corrupt Defigns with the profoundeft Art, She
had conquci'd the Heart of Pyginalion^ by her Wit
and Beauty, and by the Charms of her fweet Voice,
and the Harmony of her Lute -."^ And Pygmalion^
blinded by the V^iolence of his Paflion, had abandon'd
Topha^ his lawful Confort. He 4|ought of nothing,
but how to gratify the Defires o^the ■ambitious AJ-
tarbe. His Love for this Woman was little lefs per-
nicious to him, than bis infamous Covetoufnefs.
But tho' he had fo great a PaOion for her, (he defpis'd
and loath'd him in her Heart j yet underftood fo well
how to cover her true Sentiments, that fhe feem'd to
defire to live only for him, at the fame time that fiic
could not endure him. There was at Tyre^ n Lydian
Youth, call'd Malachon^ of admirable Beauty, but
voluptuous, effeminate, and immerfed in Pleafures.
His only Study was to preferve the Delicacy of his
Complexion ; to comb his flaxen Hair that flowed
down in waving Curls upon his Shoulders ; to per-
fume himfelf; to make his Robes fit in eafy Folds
witk a graceful Air j and to fing amorous Songs to

his

Book III. of rELEMACHUS. - g^

his Lute. JJiarbe faw him, fell in Love with him,
and became furioufly tranfported with her Paffion.
He flighted her, becaufe he was in love with another
Woman: And befides, he dreaded to expofe him-
felf to the cruel Jealoufy of the King, yj/inrbe, find-
ing fhe was fcorn'd, ahandon'd herfelf to Rcfent-
ment. In her Defpair, fhe imagin'd it .poirible to
make Malachon pafs tor the Stranger whom tlie King
had fent for, and who was faid to have come with
Narbal. Accordingly flie foon perfuadcd Pygmalion^
as fhe defir'd, and corrupted all thofe wha* were able
to undeceive him. For ha\ing no Aftcition for vir-
tuous Men, whom he neither knev\^, nor valued, he
v/as always furrounded by fuch only as were merce-
nary, crafty, and ready to execute his unjufl: and
bloody Orders. Thefe Men fear'd the Authority of
J/Iarbe, and help'd her to deceive the King, that
they might not offend this haughty Woman, who en-
tirely pollefs'd his Confidence. Thus the youno-
Mo.lachon^ though knovi^n by all the City to be of
Crcte^ pafs'd for the young Stranger that Narbal had
brought from Egypt. He was feiz'd, and fenc away
to Pril'on.

J/iarbcy who fear'd Narbal might go to the Kino-,
and difcover her Impofture, had diligently difpatch'd
this Officer to him with the following Meflage : Jf-
tarbe forbids you to difcover your Stranger to the
King J fne requires nothing of you but Silence, and
will fo manage the Aitair, that the King (hall be fa-
tisfied with yuur Conduct. In the mean time, take
care that the young Stranger, who came with yon
irom Egypt^ may embark among the Cyprians .with
all Expedition, and be no more feen in the City.
Narhai^ overjoy'd to lave his o'.vn Life and rr.iiie
proniis'd to be iilent \ and the Officer, picas'd with

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94 Tf-'e Adventures Book III.

having obtain'd what he demanded, immediately re-
turn'd to Ajlarbe^ with an Account of his Conimif-
fion.

Narhal and I admir'd the Goodncfs of the Gods,
who had rewarded our Sincerity, and taken fuch ten-
der Care of thofe who had hazarded all for the Sake
of Virtue. We reflcdted with Horror upon a King
given up to Voluptuoufnefs and Avarice. He de-
icrves to be deceiv'd, faid we, v/ho dreads it fo excef-
fively : And he is fo, moft frequently and grofsly ;
for he truff^ not Men of HoneRy, but abandons hini-
felf to Villains. He is the only Perfon who knows
nothing of what is doing. See how Pygmalion is
made the Sport of a fhamelefs Woman, whilft the
Gods make ufe of the Falfliood of the Wicked to
fave the Good, who chufe to part with Life, rather
than tell a Lie. As we were making thefe Reflec-
tions, we perceiv'd the Wind to turn, and become
favourable to the Cyprian Fleet. The Gods declare
themfelvcs, faid Narbal; they refolve, my dear 'Tele-
machuSy to provide for your Security : Fly from this
cruel and accurfed Land. Happy he who could fol-
low you to the remoteft Parts' of the Earth ! Happy
he, who might live and die with you ! But my hard
Fate ties me to my unhappy Country. I muft fufter
with her, and perhaps be buried in her Ruins. No
matter, provided I may always fpeak the Truth, and
my Heart love nothing but Juftice. As for you, O
my dear Telemachus ! I pray the Gods, who le.id you
as it were by the Hand, to grant you the moft pre-
cious of all their Gifts, a pure and unblemifli'd Vir-
tue to the laft Moment ot your Life. Live, return
to Ithaca f comfort Penelope ; deliver her from the
Perfecutions of her rafh Lovers. May your Eyes
fee, and your Arms embrace the wife UtyJfeSj and

may

Book III. of TELEMACHVS. 95

■may he find in you, a Son equal to him in Wifdom.
But, in the midftof your Felicity, remember the un-
happy NarbaU and continue always to love me.

When he had finifti'd thei'e Words, my Tears ran
•down fo faft, that I was not able to anfwer him. My
Sighs, which I drew from the Bottom of my Heart,
would not fufter me to fpeak. We embrac'd in fi-
lence : He brought me to the Ship. He ftaid upon
.the Shore; and when the Vefiel putofF, we continu'd
looking towards each other, till we loft Sight of one
another.

lUiiENDoftheTYLlKY) BOOK.

T H K

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

7 E L E MAC HU S.

ii- ■ — — ■ —

BOOK IV.

The A R G U M E N T.

Calypfo interrupts Telemachus'i Narrative^ that he
7nay repofe himfelf. Mentor blames hhn, ivheJi alone^
for having undertaken the Recital of his Adventures ;
hut^ however^ fince he has hegun^ he advifes him to
go through. Then Tclcmachus relates., that in his
Voyage from Tyre tc the If and of Cyprus, he had a
Dream wherein he faiu \' cnus and Cupid, agaiaji
-whom he was protetled by Minerva; that after -
ivards he thought he [aw Mentor likewife, who ex-
horted him to fly from the Jfe cf Cyprus ; that when
he awoke ^ they Jell into a Utann^ in luhich they mujl

Live

Ba&kW.

Book IV. The Advei^ T VRES, &c. gy

have periJJj'd^ had he not himfelf feized the Rudder^
the Cyprians being overcome ivith TVine., and tmable
to Jieer the Ship ; that upon his Arrival in the IJJandy
he jaw with Horror the Vohptuoiifnefs and Effemi-
nacy of the Inhabitants ; but that Hazael, the Sy-
rian, to tuhom Mentor was fold as a Slave^ happen-
tng to be then in Cyprus, taking a Liking to Tele-
machus, brought together the two (jreelcs, and put
them on board his Ship, to carry them to Crete ;
and that, in their PaJJage, they faw the glorious
Shew of Amphytrite, drawn in her Chariot by Sea-
Horfes.

f§§^^^ ALTP S 0, who all this while had con-
^{^^■'M tinued motionkis and tranfported with
i'lv^f^^'-^-^ Pieafure, Hftcnihg to the Adventures of
^•!>^^^^) T^^l^^<^chus, interrupted him here, that
«>s_JcQiJ£^ fhe might perfuade him to take Tome
Reft. It is Time, faid ihe, after fo ma-
ny Toils, that you fhouU tafte the Sweetnefs of
Sleep. In this Phce, you have nothing to fear : All
here is favourable to vou : Abandon your Heart then
to Joy ; relifh that Peace, and all thofe other Blei-
fings which Heaven is goiiig to fhower down upon
you. To-morrow, when Aurora has open'd the
golden Gates of the Eaft with her rofy Fingers, and
the Horfes of the Sun, fpringing from the briny
A-Iain, fpread the Flames of Light, and drive away
the Stars before them, we will, my dear Televiachus,
refume the Hiftory of your Misfortunes. No, your
Father never equalTd you in Wifdom and Courage.
Neither Achilles, who conquer'd Her.tor ; nor The-
feus, who return'd from Hell ; nor even the great
Alcides himfelf, who purg'd the Earth from fo many
Monilcrs, ever (hew'd fo much Conllancy and Virtue
F as

pS The Adventures Bock IV.

as you. May the fofteft and profoundeft Sleep make
the Night leem fhort to you. But, alas ! how te-
dious will it be to me ! How I fnall iong to fee you
again ! to hear your Voice ! to make you repeat
what 1 know already, and afk you what I know not
yet! Go, my dear Tekmachm^ with the wife /Mv/-
tor^ whom the Favour of the Gods has reflor'd to
you ; go into that retired Grotto, where every thing
is prepar'd lor your Repofe. May Morpheus (hed
the fweetefl of his Charms upon your clofing Eve-
lids ; may he infufe a divine Vapour through all
your wearied Limbs, and fend you eafy Dreams,
which, hovering about you, may foothe your Senfes
with the mod plcafing Images, and drive far away
whatever might difturb your Relt, or awaken you too
foon.

The Goddefs herfelf brought Tclamachus to the
Grotto, which was feparated from her own, but not
lefs agreeable, nor lefs rural. A Fountain of liquid
Cryftal ran down in one Corner, and Aveetly mur-
muring, ftem'd contriv'd to invite Sleep. The
Nymphs had prepar'd there two Beds, compofed of
the fofteft Green, upon which they had fpread two
large Skins, the one of a Lion for Telemachus^ and
the other of a Bear for Mentor.

Before they fufFer'd Slumber to clofe their Eyes,
Mentor fpoke to Telemachus : The Pleafure of rela-
ting your Adventures, has carry'd you too far ; you
have charm'd the Goddefs with the Hiflory of thofe
Dangers, from which your Courage and Induftry
have deliver'd you. ]iy this means, you have only
inflam'd her Heart the more, and are preparing for
yourfclf a more dangerous Captivity. How can you
hope flie fhould now fuiicr you to depart from her
liland i you, who have enchanted her with the Re-
lation

BooklV. ofTELEMACHUS. 99

latjon of your Story ? The Love of empty Glory has
caufed you to fpeak without Prudence. She had pro-
mifed to acquaint you with the Fate of JJly[jh\ fhe
has found the Way to fpeak much without telling
you any thing, and has engaged you to acquaint her
with every Thing that fhe defines to know. Such
is the-Art of flattering and wanton Women ! When
will you be fo wife, O Tckmachus ! as never to fpeak
out of Vanity ? And when will you know how to
conceal thofe Things which may raife your Reputa-
tion, when it is of no Ufe to mention them. Others
admire your Wifdom at fuch Years as may want it
without Blame ; but for me, I can forgive you no-
thing : I alone know and love you enough to tell you

"i of all your Faults. How far yet do you come fhort

I of your Father's Wifdom !

But, faid Ttlemachus, could I refufe to relate my
Misfortunes to Calypfo ? No, reply 'd Mentor^ 'twas
abfolutely neceflary ; but you ought fo to have related
them, as might only have excited her Compaffion.
You might have told her, that you had been fometimes
wandering in Defarts, then a Prifoner in Sicily^ and
afterwards in Egypt, This had been enough, and all
the reft has only ferv'd to inflame the Poifon, that has
already fcorch'd^ her Heart. May the Gods grant that
your's may be untouch'd !

But what fhall I do now? faid Tekynachus^ in a
modeft and fubmiilive manner. It is now in vain, re-
ply'd Mentor^ to conceal from her the reft of your
Adventures; fhe knows enough to fecure her from be-
ing deceiv'd in that which is to come ; any Referve
on your Part would only ferve to provoke her. Fi-
iiilh therefore, your Relation to-morrow ; tell her all
that the Gods have done for you, and learn for the
future to fpeak with more Referve of all Things that
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I CO The Adventures Book IV.

may tend to your own Praife. Telernachus kindly re-
ceiv'd this good Advice ; and both lay down to fleep.

As foon as Pha'Lus had fpread the firft Rays of his
Glory upon the Harth, Alentor, hearing the Voice of
the Goddefs, who call'd to her Nymphs in the Wood,
awaken'd T^lemachus. It is time, faid he, to him, to
fhake otF Sleep. Come, let us return to Caiypfo ;
but beware of her bewitching Tongue ; never v\>^n
your Heart to her, dread the infmuaring Puiluu uf
her Praifes. Yefterday ftie exalted you above your
wife Father, above the invincible Achilles^ the re-
nowned Thefcus^ or even Hercules himklf, who has
obtain'd Immortality by his glorious Ac:tions. Could
you not perceive the Excels of thcfe Commendations !
Or did you believe what (he faid ? Know, that ihe
believes it not herfelf j fhc only commends you be-
caufe flie thinks you weak and vam enough to be de-
ceiv'd v\ith Praifes far exceeding the Merit of your
Aiflions.

Alter this Difcourfe, they went to the Place where
the (joddefs expected them, ^he fmil'd when fhe
faw them approaching, and, under an Appearance of
Joy, conccal'd the Fears and Sufpicions that difturb'd
her Heart ; for fhe forefiv.v, that Telemachus, under
the Condud of Mentor., would efcape her Hands, as
Vlyijes had done. Go on, faid flie, my dear Telewa-
chus^ and fatisfy my Curiofity. I thought all the
Night, I faw )ou departing from Pbenicia^ and going
to feck a new Deftiny in the Ifland of Cyprus. Tell
me then the Succefs of this Voyage, and let us not
lofe one Moment ! They immediately fat down in
a fliady Grove, upon the green Turf, enamell'd with
Violets.

Caiypfo could not refrain from looking inceflantly
upon feleniad'ifs with Tendernefs and VaiHon; nor

fee.

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fee, without Indignation, that Mentor obferv'd even
the Icaft Motion of her Eyes. In the mean time, -all
the Nymphs in lilence floop'd forward to Hften, form-
ing a half Circle, that they niight both hear and fee
with more Advaiitage. The Eyes of the whole Af-
fembly were immovably fix'd upon the young Man.
Telemachus^ looking down, and gracefully blufl^ing,
thus refum'd the Thread of his Difcourfe.

Scarce had the fofteft Breath of a favourable Wind
fiird our Sails, when the Coaft of Phemcia entirely
vanifh'd from our Eyes : And, becaufe I was with
the Cyprians^ whofe Alanners I knew not, I refoiv'd
to be filent, and to obferve every Thing that pals\i,
keeping myfeif within the fcriiSteft Rules of Difcre-
tion, that I might acquire their E(teem. But durin.-.';
my Silence, a foft and powerful Slumber feiz'd upon
roe ; my Senfes were bound and fufpended ; I found
a fweet Serenity and home' felt Joy overflow my
Heart. On a fudden, methought, I faw renus
cleaving the Clouds in her flying Ch-'-iot, drawn by
a Pair of Doves. She had the fame fhining Beautv,
the fame lively Youth, and thofe blooming Graces
that appcar'd in her when Ihe fprung from the Foam
of the Ocean, and dazzled the Eyes of '^fupiter him-
felf. She defcended all at once with extream Rapidi-
ty juft by me, laid her Hand upon my Shoulder, call'd
rne by my Name, and, fmiling, pronounc'd thefe
Words : Young Greeks thou art going into my pecu-
liar Empire ; thou flialt foon arrive \\\ that fortunate
Ifland, where Pleafures, Sports, and wanton Joys at-
tend my Steps : There thou /halt burn Perfumes up-
on my Altars : There I will plunge thee into a River
of Delights : Open thy Heart to^tbe mod charming
Hopes, and beware of refifting the mod powerful of
all the GoddefTes, who refolves to make thee happy.
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At the fame time, I faw young Cw/i/V/ gently mov-
ing his little Wings, and hovering about his Mother.
He had the teiidereft Graces in his Face, and the
J-'leafantnefs of an Infant j yet there was fomething
ih piercing in his Eyes, as to make me afraid. He
(;r,ii'd when he look'd upon me; but his Smiles were
n^alicious, fcornful, and cruel. He took the (harpeft
of his Arrows from his golden Quiver ; he drew liis
Bow, and was going to pierce my Heart, when Adi-
ncrva fuddenly appear'd, and cover'd me with her im-
penetrable Shield. The Face of this Goddefs had
not the fame effeminate Beauty, nor that paflionate
Languifliing which I had obferved in the Face and
Pofture of yams. On the contrary, her Beauty was
natural, unalTc£ted, modeft j all was grave, vigo-
rous, noble, full of Force and Majefty. The Ar-
row, too weak lo pieice the Shield, fell down upon
the Ground. Cupidy in a Rage, ligh'd bitterly, and
was afham'd to fee himfelf defeated, Be gone, cry'd
Minerva, rafh Boy, be gone ; thou canft conquer
none but the Bafe, who prefer difhonourable Pleafures
before Wifdom, Virtue and Glory. At thefe Words,
Cupidy incenfed, flew away ; and as Venus re-afcend-
t.d towards Olympus, I faw her Chariot and two
})oves, a long time rolling iji a Cloud of Gold and
Azure ; at length flie difappear'd. When I turn'd
my Eyes toward the Earth, I could no where {itc Mi-
tuTva.

Mtthought I was tranfported into a delicious Gar-
den, fuch as Men paint the £/y/w?2 Fields. There I
Uy\xn<\ Mentor, who faid to me, Tly from this cruel
Country, this peftilent Ifland, where the Inhabitants
breathe nothing but Pleafure. The boldeft Virtue
ought to tremble here, and cannot be fafe, but by
Flight. As foon as I faw him, I endeavoured to

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throw my Arms about his Neck, and to embrace
him; but I found my Feet unable to move, my
Knees funk under me ; and my Hands, attempting to
l;ay hold on Mentory foll6w*d an empty Shadow that
ftill mock'd my Grafp. As I was making this Ef-
fort, I awak'd, and perceiv'd, that this myfterious
Dream was no lefs than a> divine Admonition. I
found in myfelf a firm Refolution jigainft the Allure-
ments of Pltafure, a watchful Jealoufy of my own
Conduft, and a ju!t Abhorrence of the dillblute
Manners that reigu'd in Cyprus. But that which
wounded me to the Heart was, that I thought Men-
tor was dead, that he had pafs'd the Stygian Lake,
and was become an Inhabitant of thofe happy Masi-
ftons, where the Souls of the Juft refide.

This Thouglit made me ihcd a Flood of Tears.
The Cyprians afk'd me, why I wept ? Thefe 'Fears,
fiid I, are but too fuitable to the Condition of an un-
happy Stranger, who wanders, defpairing of ever fee-
ing his Country more. In the mean time, all the
Cyprians that were in the Ship, abandon'd themfelves
to the moft extravagant Pleafures ; the Rowers, who
bated to take Pains, fell afleep upon their Oars.
The Pilot put a Garland of Flowers on his Head,
quitted the Rudder, and held a valt Flaggon of Wine
in his Hands, which he had almofi: emptied. He,
and all the reft of the Crew, inflamed with the Fury
of Bacchus^ fung fuch Verfes in Honour of Venus
and Cupid, as ought to ftrike Horror into all that love
Virtue.

Whilftthey thus forgot the Dangers of the Sea, a
fudden TempeH: arofe ; the Sky and the Sea were
agitated ; the Winds, unchained, rojr'd furioufiy in
every Sail ; the black Waves beat vehemently aga'inft
the Sides of the Ship, which groan'd under the
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Weight of their Strokes. One while, we mounted
upon the Back of the fwelling Billows ; another
while the Sea fecm'd to flip from under the Veflbl,
and to precipitate us into the dark Abyfs. We faw
the Rocks clofe by us, and the angry Waves dafning
againft them with a dreadful Noife, Then I found,
by Experience, the Truth of what I had often heard
from Mentor^ that Men of difiblute Lives, and aban-
don'd to Pleafures, always want Courage in the
Time of Danger. All our Cyprians funk into De-
fpair, and wept like Women. I heard nothing but
piteous Exclamations ; bitter Lamentations for the
Lofs of the Delights of Life ; vain and infignificant
Promifes of large Sacrifices to the Gods, if they
ihould arrive hie in the Harbour. No one had fuffi-
cient Prefence of Mind, either to give neceffary Or-
ders, or to work the Ship. In this Coiidition, 1
thought myfelf obliged to fave my own Life, and the
1/ives of thofe that v/ere with me. I took the Rud-
der into my Hand, becaufe the Pilot, diforder'd with
Wine like a raving Bacchanal^ was utterly incapable
of knowing the Danger the Ship was in. I chear'd
the aftonifh'd Mariners ; I made them takedown the
Sails ; they ply'd their Oars vigoroufly ; we fteer'd
by the Rocks and Quick-fands, and faw all the Hor-
rors of Death flaring us in the Face.

, This Adventure ieem'd like a Dream to all thofe
who ow'd the Prefervation of their Lives to my Care :
They look'd upon me with Aftonifhment. We
landed at Cypnu in that Month of the Spring which
is confecrated to Ferns. This Seafon, fay the C)~
prinns^ is moft fuitable to this Goddefs, becaufe it
leeins to revive the whole Syftem of Nature, and
to give birth to Pleafures and Flowers at the fame
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Book IV. cfTELEMACHUS. 105

As foon as I arriv'd in the Ifland, I perceiv'd an un-
ufual Mildnefs in the Air, rendering the Body floth-
ful and una(5tive, but infuflng a jovial and wanton
Humour. I obferv'd the Country, though naturally
fruitful and delightful, to be almoft every where un-
cultivated, through the ftrong Averfion of the Inha-
bitants to Labour. I faw great Numbers of iVIaids
and Women, vainly and fantaftically drefs"d, finging
the Praifes of p'crais, and going to devote themlelves
to the Service of her Temple. Beauty, Graces,
Joy and Pleafure, were equally confpicuous in their
.Countenances j but their Graces were too much af-
fedied ; there was not that noble Simplicity, nor that
lovely Modefty, which makes the greatefl Charm of
Beauty. A certain Air of Wantonnefs, an artful
Way of adjufting their Looks, their vain Drefs, their
languiftiing Gait, their Eyes that feem'd to be ia
queli: of the Eyes of Men, their mutual Jealoufy
who ftiould raife the greateft Paflions j in a word,
ail that I faw in thefe Women appear'd vile and con-
temptible to me. By endeavouring to pleafe me im"
moderately, they excited my Averfion.

I was conducted to a Temple of the Goddefs, who •
has (everal in this Ifland ; for ihe is particularly ador'd
at Cythera., Idaiia., and Paphos ', it "was to that of
Cytbera I was brought. The Temple is all builr
with Marble ; it is a perfe(5l Peri/iyllium ; the Pillars
are fo lofty, and fo large, that they give a majeflic
Air to the whole Fabric. At each Front of ths
Temple, above the Architrave and Frize, are large.
Pediments, in which the mod agreeable Adycntuves
of the Goddefs are curioufly reprefentcd in BiJJo Re-
lievo. Great Numbers of People are always at the-
Gate, attendiiig to make their Offerings. No Vic-
tiui is ever ilain withiii the Precincl of the facrei.
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Ground. The Fat of Bulls and Heifers is not burnt
here, as in other Places. No Blood is ever fhed
here. The Vidlims tobeofFer'd, are only prefented
before the Altar j and no Beaft may be ofFer'd, unlcfs
it be young, white, without 31emifh or Defect.
They are aqlorn'd with purple Fillets, embroidcr'd
with Gold ; their Horns are gilded, and garnifh'd
with Nofegays of the moft fragant Flowers ; and
when they have been prefented at the Altar, they are
Jed to a private Place without the Wall, and kill'd for
the Banquet of the Pi iefls that belong to the God-
dcfs.

Here alfo are ofFer'd all forts of perfum'd Liquors,
and Wines, more delicious than Ne6tar. The
Priefts are cloath'd in long white Robes, with Gir-
dles of Gold, and Fringes -of the fame round the Bot-
tom of the Garment. The moft exquifite Perfumes
of the Eaft are burnt Night and iJay upon the Altars,
and form a curling Cloud as they mount up to the
Sky. All the Pillars are adorn'd with Feftoons of
wreathed Flowers ; all the Vefiels for the Service of
the Altar are of pure Gold ; a facred Grove of Myr-
tle encompafiVs the Building ; none but Boys and
Girls of fingular Beauiy may prefent the Vidtims to
the Priefts, or kindle the Fire upon the Altars. But
Diflolutenefs and Impudence dilhonour this magnifi-
cent I'empie.

At firfl ! was ftruck with Horror at what I faw,
but it infenfibly began to grow familiar to me. I was
no longer afraid of Vice ; all Companies infnir'd me
witii 1 know not what Inclination to Intemperance,
They laugh'd at my Innoccr;ce ; and my Referved-
jieii, and Modefty became the Sport of this impudent
People. The) forgot nothing that might enfnare me,
excite my Pafiions, and awaken in me an Appetite to

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Book IV. efTET/EMACHUS, 107

Pleafure. I found inyfelf lofing Strength every Day.
The good Education I had receiv'd, could fcarce
fuppoi t me any longer ; all my virtuous Refolutions
vanifhii away ; I had no longer any Power to refift
the Temptations that prefs'd me on every Side ; I
grew ev.Mi afham'd of Virtue. I was like a Man
Avimiiiing in a deep and rapid River : At firft, he cuts
the VVaccis, and rifes vigoroufly againtt the Stream ;
but if the Ba iks are lo fteep that he can find no Place
to reft on either Side, he, at laft, tires by Degrees ;
his Force abandons him ; his exhaufted Limbs grow
fliif, and the Torrent carries him down. So my
Eyes began to grow dim, my Heart fainted, I could
no longer recal either my Reafon, or the Remem-
brance of my P'aiher's V^irtucs. The Dream that
fhew'd me the wife Mentor \\\ the Elyfwi Fields ut-
terly difcourag'd nie. A foft and fecret Languifning
feiz'd upon me ; I already began to love the flattering
Poifon that had crept into my Veins, and penetrated
through the Marrow of my Bones. Yet, for all
this, (ometiincs i would figh deeply ; I ined bitter
Tears ; I n a'a like a Lion in his Fury. O ! un-
happy State ot Youth ! faid I. O Gods ! that divert
youfelves fo cruelly with the Fate of Men ! Why do
you caufe them to pafs through that Age, which is a^
Time of Folly, or rather a burning Fever? O !
Why am not I cover'd with grey Hairs, bowed down
and fuiking into the Grave, like my Grandfather
Laertes F Death would be tncre welcome to me, than
the fliamelefs Weakness I now feel.

Scarce had I had utter'd thefe Words when my
Grief began to abate, and my Heart, intoxictred
with a foclirti Paffion, ihook ofF almoit ail Shame.
Afier this, I found m'/itlf piung'd into an Abyfsof.
Remorlb. Whilil I was under tiicfe Diforders. i ran

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ftraying up and down the facred Wood, like a Hind
that has been wounded by the Huntfman ; Ilie croires
vaft P'orefts to allwage her Pain, but the fatal Arrow
iHcks fall in her Side, and follows her wherefoever
fhe flies. Wherever fhe goes, (he carries the murde-
rous Shaft. Thus I endeavour'd to run away from
myfelf, but nothing could allay the Afflidlion of my
Heart.

In that very Moment, I perceived, at fome Di-
ftance from me, in the thick Shade of the Wood,
the Figure of the wife Mentor ; but his Face appcar'd
to me fo pale, fb fad, and fo fevere, that i tclt no
Joy at the bight of him. Is it you then, O my dear
Friend ? My only Hope, is it you ? Is it you your-
felf ? Or, is it a deceitful Image come to abui'e my
Eyes ? Is it you, O Mentor? Or, is it your Ghcfl,
itill fenfible of my Misfortunes ? Are you not among
the blelled Spirits that poflefs the Reward of their
Virtue, and, by the Bounty of the Gods, enjoy an
eternal Peace, and uninterrupted Pleafures in the Ely-
y7«« Plains? Speak, Mentor, do you yet live? Ami
io happy as to poflefs you ? Or is it only the Shadow
of my Friend ? With thefe Words, I ran to him, fo
tranfported, that I was quite out of Preath. He
Hood Hill unmov'd, and made not one fiep towards
me. O Gods ! you know with what Joy I felt him
in my Arms. No, 'tis not an empty Shadow, I hold
him fatt i 1 embrace him ; my dear Metitor I Thus I
cry'd out j I flied a Flood of Tears upon his Face ; I
hung about his Neck, and was not able to fpenk.
He look'd fadly upon me, with Eyes full of tender
Compaflion.

At lafl I faid to him. Alas ! wlicre have you
•been? 'Fo what Dangers have you expofcd me, by
vour Abfence ? And what fliall I now do without

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Book IV. of "TELEMACHliS. J09

you? Bathe, without anfwering my Queftions, with
a terrible V oice, cry'd out. Fly, fly, without Delay :
This Soil produces nothing but Poifon : The Air you
breathe is infected .•. ith the Plague : The Men are
contao^ious, and converfe with each other only to
fpread the fatal Venom : 'Q^^k and infamous Volup-
tuoufnefs, the worft of all thofe Evils that ifibed out
of Pandoras Box, enervates their Souls, and fufFers
no Virtue in this place. Fly, ftay not a Moment;
look not once behind )0u; and, as you run, fhakeoff
the very Remembrance of this execrable Ifland.

He fpoke, and immediately I felt as it were a thick
Cloud dilperfing from about my Eyes, and perceiv'd
a more pure and beautiful Light. A fweet Serenity,
accompanied with an invincible Refolution, reviv'd in
my Heart. This Joy was very different from that
loofe and wanton Pleafure which had before poifon'd
my Senfes. The one is a drunken and tumultuous
Joy, interrupted with furious Paflions and flinging
Remorfe ; the other is a Joy of Reafon, attended
with a kind of ccleftial Happinefs. 'Tis always pure,
equal, inexhauftible. The deeper we drink, the
more delicious is the Tafte. It ravifties the Soul,
and never difcompofeth it. Then I began to (hed
Tears of Joy, and found that nothing was more
fweet than fo to weep. Happy, faid I, are thofe Men,
to whom Virtue reveals herfelf in all her Beauty ! Is
it poffible to fee her without loving her ? Is it poflible
to love her without being happy ?

Here Mentor faid, I mall: leave you : I muft depart
this Moment : 1 am not allow'd to ftay any longer.
Where, faid I, are you going ? Into what uninhabi-
table Defart will I not follow you ? Don't think you
can efcape from me ; for 1 will rather die at your Feet
than not attend you. In fpeaking thefe Words, I

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grafped him clofe, with all my Strength. It is in
vain» laid he, for you to hope to detain me. The
cruel Metophis fold me to certain Mibiopians^ or j^rahs.
Thtfe Men, going to Damafcns^ in Syria, on the
Account of Tiade, refolv'd to fell me, fuppofing
they (hould get a great Sum of Money for me of one
Hcizaely who wanted a Greek Slave to inform him of
the Cuftoms of Greece, and inftruft him in our Arts
and Sciences. Indeed Haznel purchas'd me at a great
Price. What he has Icarn'd from me concerning our
Manners, has given him a Curiohty to go into the
llland of Crete, to ftudy the wile J^aws of Mirios.
During our Voyage, die Weather has forc'd us to
put in at Cyprus'; and i}^ expectation of a favourable
Wind, he is come to make his Offerings in the Tem-
ple : Sec, that is he, who Is now coming out of it :
The Winds call us ; our Sails are hoifted : Adieu,
my dear Telemachus ; a Slave that fears the Gods,
ought faithfully to ferve his Mafter. The Gods do
nor permit me to difpofc of myfelf : If I might, they
know it, I would be only yours. Farewel ; remem-
bci- the Labours of UlyJJes, and the Tears of Penelope :
Remrmber that the Gods are juft. O ye Gods! the
Protecflors of Innocence ! in what a Country am I ,
coi^.ftrain'd to leave Tcleniachus !

No, no, faid I, my dear Mentor, it fhall not be in .
your P(>wer to leave me here j I'll rather die, than
fee you depart without me. Js this Syrian Matter in-
exorable ? Was he fuckled by a Tygrcfs? Would
he tt-ar you out of my Arms? He mult either kill
me, or fulfer me to follow you. You yourfelf exhort
me CO fly, and will not peiniit me to fly with you.
rii .;{( tu liazael, perlu.p^ 'e m.ty compaflionate my
Youcti and mj leais. ^^ir.ce he loves Vv ifJoni, aiid
goes fo far in fearch of it, he cannot have, a lavage

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Book IV. of rELEMACHUS. iii

and infenfible Heart. I will throw myfelf at his
P'eet, I will embrace his Knees, I will not let him go
till he has given me leave to follow you. My dear
Mentor^ I will be a Slave with you ; 1 will give my-
felf to him \ if he refufes me, it is decreed, 1 will
eaie myfelf of this burthenfome Life.

In this very Moment, Ha-zael call'd Mentor: I
proftrated myfelf before him ; he was furpriz'd to fee
an unknowji Perfon in this Pouure. What is it you
defire of me, faid he? Life, reply 'd Ij for I cannot
live, unlefs you fufter me to follow Mentor^ who be-
longs to you. I am the Son of the great U!y[J^'S, the
moil wife of all thofe Grecian Kings that dertroy'd-
the {lately City of Trcy^ rcnovvn'd throughout all
Jfia. It is not out of Vanity that I acquaint you
with my Birth, but only to infpire you with fome Pity
for my Misfortunes. I have fought my P'ather in all
the Seas, accompanied by this Man, who has been to
me another Father. Fortune, to complete my Mife-
ries, deprived me of him ; (he has made him your
Slave ; permit me to he fo too. If it be true, that
you are a Lover of Juflice, and that you are going to^
Crete, to learn the Laws of the good King il'linos^
harden not your Heart againft my Sighs and Tears.
You fee the Son of a King reduc'd to dcfire Servi-
tude as his only Refuge. Formerly I would have
chofen Death in Sicily to avoid Slavery j but mv firft
Misforturies were only the weak Efiays of Fortune's
Outrages j now 1 tremble leil I ihould not be recciv'd
among Slaves. O Gods! fee my Calamity ! O Ha-
zael! remember Minos, whofe VVilUom you admire^
and who will judge us both in the Kingdom of Pluto. -

Ha/^acl, looking upon me with iVlilJntfs and Hu-
manity, ftretch'd forth his Hand ar.d raib'd jne up. I
am not ignorant, faid he, of the VViidum and VirtOe of

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Ulyjfes. Mentor has often told me what Glory he ac-
quir'd among the Greeks \ and befides, fvvift-wing'd
P'ame has not been wanting to fpread his Name over
all the Nations of the Eaft. Follow me, O Son of
Ulyjfes, I will be your Father, till you find him again
who gave you Life. Though 1 were not mov'd
with the Glory of your Father, his Misfortunes, and
your own ; yet the Friendfhip I have for Mentor
v.-ould engage me to take care of you. It is true 1
bought him as a Slave, but I keep him as a faithful
Friend; the Money he coft, has acqulr'd me the
cJeareft and moft valuable Friend that I have in the
World. In him I have found VVifdom; I owe all
the Love 1 have for Virtue to his Inftrudions. From
this Moment he is free, and you fhall be fo too j all
I a/k of either of you is your Heart.

In an infiant, I pafs'd from the bittereft Grief, to
the moit lively Joy that Mortals can feel ; 1 favv my-
felf deliver'd from the word of Dangers ; I was draw-
ing near to my Country ; I had found one to affifl:
me in my Return ; I had the Comfort of being with a
Man, who lov'd me already for the fake of Virtue a-
lone. In a word, I found every thing in finding
Mentor again ; whom I refolv'd to lofe no more.

Hazael advances to the Shore; we follow ; we em-
bark with him; our Oars cut the gentle Waves; a
foft Zephyr wantons in our Sails ; it animates the
whole Ship, and gives it an eafy Motion ; the Ifland
of Cyprus foon difappears. Hazael, impatient to
knov/ my Sentiments, aflc'd me, what I thought of
the Manners of that J;land ? 1 told him ingcnuouHy
to what Dangers my Youth had been expos'd, and
the Conflidl 1 had fuft'er'd within me. He was ten-
derly mov'd with my Abliorrence of Vice, and faid
thefc Words : O Venus J I acknowlcd2,e your Fower,

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Book IV. ofTELEMACHUS. 113

and that of your Son ; I have burnt Incenfe upon
your Altars ; but give me leave to deteft the infamous
Effeminacy of the Inhabitants of your IHand, and
the brutal Impudence with which they celebrate your
Feflivals.

After this, he difcourfed with Mentor of that firft
Being, which form'd the Heavens and the Earth ; of
that pure, iiinnite, and unchangeable Light, which
communicates itfelf to all, without being divided; of
that fupreme and univerfal Truth, which enlightens
thefpiritual World, as the Sun enlightens the corpo-
real. He who has never feen this pure Light, added
he, is as blind as one born without Sight ; he paffes
his Life in a difmal Night, like that of thofe Regions,
where the Sun never ftiines for many Months of the
Year ; he thinks himfelf wife, and is a Fool ; he fan-
cies he (tQS all, and fees nothing ; he dies, without
having ever feen any thing j at the moft he perceives
only falfe and obfcure Glimmerings, empty Shadows,
Phantoms that have no Reality. Of this kind are all
thofe, who are carried away by fenfual Pleafures,
and the Enchantments of Imagination. There are
no true Men upon the Earth, but thofe who confult,
love, and obey this eternal Reafon. It is fhe that in-
ipires us when we think well : It is fhe that reproves
us when we think ill. Our Reafon, as well as our
Life, is her Gift. She is like a vaft Ocean of Light;
the Reafon of Men is like little Rivulets which flow
from her, and which Return and lofe themfelves in
her again.

Though I did not as yet perfeftly comprehend the
Wifdom of this Difcourfe, I tailed, neverthelefs,
fomething in it fo pure and fo fublime, that my
Heart grew warm with it, and Truth feemed to fhine
in every Word he utter'd. They continued to fpeak

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114 '^^^ Adventures Book IV.

of the Original of the Gods, of the Heroes, of the
Poets, of the Golden Age, of the D«;luge, of the
firll Hiftoriesof Mankind, of the River of ObHvion,
into which the Souls of the Dead are plung'd, of
the eternal Puniilimenis prepared for the Impious in
-the black Gulph of Turtmus, and of that blclltd
Tranquillity which the Jult enjoy in the Ely/tan
P'ields, without any Apprehenfions of ever lofing
it,

Whilft //t72.^£7 and Mentor v/ere converfing toge-
ther, wc faw great Nunjbers of Dolphins, cover 'd
with Scales that feem'd to be of Gold and Azure,
'lliey play'd in the Sea, and lalh'd the Floods into
a Foam. After thein came the Tritons^ founding
their wreathed Trumpets, made of Shells : They
furrounded the Chariot of Aniphytrite, drawn by Sca-
horfes, whiter than Snow, arid which, cutting the
briny Flood, left vaft Furrows in the Sea far behind
them. Their Eyes darted Fire, and Smoke ifiucd
from their Noftrils. The Chariot of the Goddefs
was a Shell of a wonderful Figure ; it was more
white than the fincft Ivory, and the Wheels were all
of Gold. This Chariot feem'd to fly upon the Sur-
face of the gentle Waters. A Shoal of Sea-Nymphs,
crown'd with Garlands, came fwimming after the
Chariot : Their lovely Hair hung .loofe upon their
Shoulders, and wanton'd with the Winds. In one
Hand the Goddefs held a Golden Sceptre, to com-
mand the Waves ; with the other, ihe held upon her
Knee the little God PaLs/non, her Son, who hung
upon her Brealt. Hci Face was fo ferene, and fo
Aveetly majeftic, that the black Tempelb, and all
the feditious Winds, fled from before her. The 'tri-
tons guided the Horfes, and held the Golden Reins.
A large Sail of the richell Purple hung floating in

the

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Book IV. of TELEMACHUS, 115

the Air, above the Chariot ; a Multitude of little
Zephvrs hover'd about it, and labour'd to fill it with
' their Breath. In the Midft of the Air, Molus ap-
pear'd, diligent, reftlefs, and vehement ; his ftern
and wrinkled Face, his menacing Voice, his thick
over-hanging Eye-brows, his Eyes full of a dim and
auftere Eire, repell'd the Clouds, and kept the fierce
and boifterous Winds in Silence. 1'he vaft Whales,
and all the Monfters of the Sea, came in hai^e out
of their profound Grottos to gaze upon the God-
defs, and with their Noihils made the briny Waters
ebb and flow.

Thi END ofihi FOURTH BOOK.

THE

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

r E L E MACHUS.

B O O K V.

The ARGUMENT.

Telemachus relates, that upon his Arrival in Crete,
he learn df that Idomeneus, the King of that If.andy
had facrificed his only Son^ to perform a rajh Few ;
that the Cretans, in order to avenge the Son's Bloody
had compelled the Father to Jly their Country ; mid
ihaty after various Confultations , they were aSiually
offembied in order to ele£i a new King. Telema-
chus adds^ that being admitted into thai AfJ'embly^ he
carried the Prize of fever al Games ^ and explained the

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Book V. The Adventures, i^c. i r 7

Queries left by Minos, in the Book of his Law^.,
luhereupon the old Mtn^ the "Judges of the Ifatid, and
all the People^ admiring his JVifdnn^ luould have
made him their King.

f- - ^^^ F T E R we had admir'd this wonderful
^d Sight, v/e began to difcover the Moun-
^^/~^r\^M '^^'"^ ^^ Crete, tho' yet we could hardly
^s(^^_^ dirtinguiili them from the Clouds of
^^K^as^iif Heaven, and the Billows of the Sea.
We foon faw the Summit of Mount Llay rifmg a-
bove all the other Mountains of the ifland, as an an-
cient Stag carries his branching Head ?.bove the
young Fauns that follow him in the Fovciir. By de-
grees we faw more diftin6lly the Coailj of the Ifland,
which refembled the Form of an Amphitheatre.
As we found the Land of Cyprus ivrgledled and un-
cultivated, fo that of Crete appear u fertile, and in-
riched with all manner of Fruits by the Indufl^ry of
thefnh-ibitants.

On all Sides we perceiv'd well built Villages,
Towns equalling Cicies, and magnificent Cities.
We obferv'd no Spot of Ground where the Hand of
the diligent Hufbandman was not flamp'd ; ths
Plough had left deep Furrows in every Place.
Thorns, Briars, and all fuch Plants as are a ufelefs
Burthen to the Earth, are utterly unknown in this
Country. We contemplated with Pleafure the hol-
low Vallies, where Troops of Oxen go lowing in
their rich Paftures, alons; the Banks of refrefliing
Streams; the bheep every where feeding upon the
Defcent of the Hills; the vad: Fields cover'd-with
golden Ears of Corn, th'j Ijberal Bleirings of bounti-
ful Ceres : In a word, the Mountains adorn'd with
Vines, whofe cluflering Grapes, already purpled,

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1 1 8 The ADVi£NTURES Book V.

promis'd a plentiful VirUage of the delicious Prefcnts
of Bacchus^ which charai away the anxious Cares of
Men.

Aientor told us, he had been formerly in CretCy
and inform'd us of all he knew of it. This Ifland,
faid he, admir'd by all Strangers, and famous for its
hundred Cities, is more than fufficicnt to nourifti all
the Inhabitants, though they are innumerable ; for
the Karth never fails to pour forth her Fruits to the
induftrious Hand that manures her j her fertile Bo-
fom can never he exhaulted. The more numerous
Men are in a Country, provided they be laborious,
the more Plenty they enjoy. They need not be jea-
lous of one another ; the Earth, like a tender Mo-
ther, multiplies her Gifts according to the Number
of her Children, if th^-y deferve her Favours by their
Diligence. The Ambition and Coveioufnefs of
Men are the only Springs of their Unhappinefs.
They covet all ; and make themfelves miferable, by
defiring what is fuperfluous. If they would be mo-
derate, and contented wiih a Competency, we (hould
fee Plenty, Jov, Union and Peace diffus'd throughout
the World.

ivTtnos^ the wifeil: and the beft of Kings, undcr-
ftood this well. All the admirable Things you fhall
fee in this Ifland, are owing to the Excellency of his
Laws. The Education he appointed for Children,
renJers their Bodies ftrong and healthful : They are
accuftom'd, from their Infancy, to a plain, frugal,
laborious Life : It is a receiv'd Maxim among them,
that all Pleafure enervates both the Body and Mind.
No other Pleafure is ever propos'd to them, but the
Acqullition of an invincible Virtue and fclid Glory.
This People do not meafure Mens Courage only by
defpifmg Death in the Hazards of War, but by the

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BcokV. ofTELEMACHUS. 119

Contempt of luperfluous R.iches and ignohle Plea-
fures. Three Vices are punifli'd here, which remain
unpunifh'd in a!l other Nations ; Ingratitude, Di/Ti-
mulation and Avarice.

They have no need of Laws to fupprefs Luxury,
and Uiliblution ot Manners ; for fuch things are un-
known in Crete. Every Man works, yet no Man
delires to be rich They think all their Labour fuf-
liciently recompenced with an eafy and regular Life,
in which they enjoy, plentifully and quietly, all that
is truly necelliiry to Men. Coftly Furniture, gor-
geous Appard, delicious Feafls, and gilded Palaces,
are not permitted in this Country. Their Cloaths are
of fine Wool, beautiful in Colour, but all plain,
and without En-.bioidery. Their Repafts are fober 3
they diink little Wine ; good Bread with excellent
Fruits, which the Trees almoft rpontaneou{ly yield,
and the Milk of Cattle, make the principal Part of
their Meals. At the moH:, their Meat is plain,
dreib'd without Sauce or Ragout; and they always
take care to referve the bcft and flrongefl of the Cat-
tle for the Advanrement of Agriculture. Their
Houfcs are neat, commodious, pleafant ; but without
Ornaments. They are not igr.orant of the moit mag-
nificent Architecture ; but that's rcferv'd for the
Temples of the Gods: They dare not live in
Houfes like thofe of the immortal Powers.

The great Riches of the Cretans^ are Health,
Strength, Courage •, Peace and Union in Families,
the Liberty of all their Citizens ; Plenty of Things
ncccflary, and a Contempt of iliofe that aie fuper-
fluous ; a Habit of Labour, and an Abhorrence of
Sloth j a mutual Emulation of virtuous Anions; Sub-
tniffion to the Laws, and a Reverence of the juft Gods.

I afk'd him,, wherein the Authority of the King
conlifted ? And he anfwei-'d thus : 'i'hc King is above

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120 'The Adventures Book V.

all the People b;.: the Laws are above the. King.
He has an abfolute Power to c](. G^f d ; but his Hands
are tied, fo f(jon as he attempts tu do ill. 7"he Laws
intruft him with the Care of the People, as the
mort valuable of all Trufts, on Condition that he
Ihall be the Father of his Subjedls. The Laws re-
quire, that one Man fhall, by his Wifdom and
Moderation, ferve to make a whole Nation happy,
and not that fo many Men fhall, by their Milery
and abject Slavery, ferve to flatter the Pride and
Luxury of one Man. The King ought to have
nothing more than other Men, but what's neceflary
either to relieve him in difcharge of his painful
Functions, or to imprint on the Minds of the Peo-
ple that Refpeil which is due to him who is to main-
tain the Vigour of the Laws. On the other hand,
the King ought to be more fober, more avcrfe to
Luxury, more free from Haughtinefs and Oflenta-
tion than any other Man. He is not to have more
Riches and Pleafurc, but more Wifdom, Virtue
and Glory, than the reft of Men. Abroad, he
is to be the Defender of his Country, at the
Head of their Armies ; at home, he is to diftri-
bute Juftice to the People, to make them good,
wife and happy. It is not for his own fake that the
Gods have made him King, but only for the Service-
of the People. He owes to the People all his Time,
all his Care, all his Aife<5lion ; and he is no other-
wife worthy of his Crov.n, than as he forgets his
own peifonal Litcrefts, to facrifice himfelf to the
public Ciood. Minos appointed, that his Children
fhould not reign after him, unlcfs they would reign
by thefe Rules; for he lov'd his People more than
his Family. By this Wifdom, he rendcr'd Crete fo
powerful and fo happy. By this Moderation he has

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BookV. of r ELEMACHUS. i2t

efFac'd the Glory of all Conquerors, who make their
People fublervient to their^ own Grandeur, that is,
to their Vanity. In a word, by his Juftice, he
merited the Office of fupreme Judge of the Dead in
the Regions below.

While Mentor was thus fpeaking, we arrived in
the Ifland. We faw the famous Labyrinth, built
by the Hands of the ingenious Dadalus, in Imita-
tion of the great Labyrinth which we had feen in
Egypt. AsXve were coniidering this curious Fabrick,
we beheld the Shore coverM with People, and Multi-
tudes preffing towards a Place that was rear the Sea.
We afked the Reafon of their Hafte, and receiv'd
this Account from one NauficrateSy a Native of
Crete.

ldo?neneus^ faid he, the Son of Deucalion, and
Grandfon to Minos., went v/ith the reft of the Gre-
cian Kings to the Siege of Troy. After the De-
ftiuftiun of that City, he fet fail in order to return
to Crete ; but was lurpriz'd by fo violent a Storm,
that the Pilot, and the moft experienced Mariners
in the Ship thought they fliould inevitably be caft
away. Every one had Death before his Lyes ; every
one faw the Abyfs open to fwallow him up ; every
one deplor'd his Misfortune, and had not fo much
as the v/retched Hope of that imperfeft Reft, which
the Souls enjoy, who crofs the River Styx after their
Bodies have receiv'd Burial. Idomeneus, lifting up
his Eyes and Hands to Heaven, invok'd Neptune in
thefe Words : O powerful God ! who commandeft
the Empire of the Sea, vouchfafe to hear the Prayers
of the Diftrefled : If thou delivereft me from the
Fury of the Winds, and bringeft me again lafe to
Crete^ the firft Head I fee, (hall fall by my own
Hands a Sacrifice to thy Deity.

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122 7'he Adventures Book V.

In the mean time his Son, impatient to fee his
Father again, made hafte to meet and embrace him
at his Landing. Unhappy Y'outh ! who knew not
that he was running to hi,s own Deftrudion ! The
leather, who had efcap'd the Storm, arriv'd icSt in
the wi(h'd-for Haven. He return'd Thanlcs to
Neptune for hearing his Prayc rs, but foon found how
fatal they had been to him. A black Prefagc of his
Misfortune made him bitterly to repent his rafh Vow.
He dreaded his coming amongft his own People ; he
turn'd his Eyes to the Ground, and trembled for
fear of feeing whatever was dearcfl to him in the
World. But the inexorable Goddefs Nanefis^ who
is ever watchful to puniHi Men, and efpccially
-haughty Kings, pufii'd him on with a fatal and invi-
fible Hand, Jdofneneus arrives, hardly d uing to lift
■up his Eyes. He fees his Son : he ftarts back with
Horror ; his Eyes, in vain, look about for fume other
Head, lefs dear to him, to ferve for his vow'd Sacri-
fice. Mean while his Son approach'd, and threw
his Arms about his Neck, aftonilhed to fee his Father
diiTolving in Tears, and making fo Grange a Return
to his Tendernefs.

O my Father ! faid he, whence comes tliis Sad-
nefs ? After fo long Abfence, are you dlfpleas'd to
fee your Kingdom again, and to be the joy of your
Son? What ha.e I done? .You turn your Ey^s
away for fear of feeing me. The leather, ovcr-
v.holm'd with Grief, made no Anfvvcr. At lad,
after many deep-fetch'd Sighs, he faid, Ah .' Nep-
tune, what have I promis'd th6e ? At how dear a
Rate ha£ thou preferv'd me from Shipwreck ! Re-
ftore me to the Waves, and to the Rocks, which
ought to have dafh'd me in pieces, and finifti'd my
wretched Life. Let my Son live ! O thou cruel

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Book V. of r E LE MA C EI US. 123

God, here, take my Blood, and fparchis. As he
fpoke, he diev/ his Swcrd to pierce his own Heart ;
but thofe that were about him ftay'd his Hand. The
aged Sophrenytnus^ the Interpreter of the Will of the
Gods, affur'd hin: that he might fatisfy Neptune with-
out the Death of his Son. Your Promife, faid he,
was rafh and indifcreet: The Gods Vv'ill not be
honour'd by Cruelty : Beware of adding to the Fault
of your Promife, the Crime of accomplifiiing it
againft the Laws of Nature : Let a hundred Bulls,
whiter than Snow, be offer'd up to Neptune ; let
their Blood ftream ab^ut his Altar crovvn'd with
Flowers J let the fweeteft Incenfe fmoke in honour of
the God.

IdoTiicneus heard this Difcourfe, bending his Head
towards the Earth, and anfvver'd not one Word :
Fury fat glaring in his Eyes ; his pale and disfigur'd
Face chang'd Colour every Moment ; and all his
Limbs fliook with Horror. \n the mean time his- Son
(aid to him, My Father, here I am ; your Son is
ready to- die, to appeafe the God of the Sea. Do
not provoke his Anger. 1 die contented, fmce my
Death will have prevented yours. Strike, O my
Father, and fear, not" to find in me the leaft Dread of
Death, or any thing unbecoming your Son.

In that Moment Ido?ncneus, grown mad, and pufh'd
on by the infernal Fuiies, acied a thing that afloniili'd
all that flood about him. He thrult his Sword into
the Heart of the Youth ; and drew it out again all
reeking and drench'd in Blood, to plunge it into his
own Bowels ; but he was once more prevented by
thofe that v^ere prefent. The Youth funk down in
his own Blood ; the Shades of Death cover his Eyes ;
he half-open'd them to the Light, but fcarcely had
he found it, when, unable to bear it, he clos'd them
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124 ^-^^ Adventures Book V.

for ever. As a beautiful Lilly in the midft of the
Field, cut up from the Root by the fharp PJow-fhare,
Jies down and languifhes on the Ground j it receives
no more Nouriftiment from the Earth, and the
Springs of Life are intercepted ; yet the g\o9h
Whitenefs and that Glory which charm 'd the Eye ftill
remain : So the Son of Iciomeneus^ like a youii^ and
tender Flower, is cruelly mow'd down in the Bloom
of his Age. The Father, through Excefs of Grief,
is become infenfible, he knows not where he is, nor
what he does, nor what he ought to do ; he walks
with tottering Steps towards the City, and dcmartds
his Son.

In the mean time, the People being tcuch'd with
Pity for the Son, and full of Horror at the barbarous
A6tion of the Father, cry out, That the jull: Gods
liad abandon'd him to the Furies. Their Rage fur-
nifhes them with Arms ; they lay hold on Sticks and
Stones ; Difcord breathes a deadly Venom into every
BrealL The Cietam^ the wife Cretans, forget their
beloved Wifdom ; they will no longer acknowledge
the Grandfon of fage Minos ; I do //miens' a Frier.ds
know not how to confult his Safety, otherwife than
by conducSting him back to his Sliip j they embark
with him, and commit their Flight to the Meicy of
the Waves, Idoinencus^ being come to himfelf, re-
turns them Thanks for Snatching him away from a
l-,and he had befprinkled v/ith his Son's Blood, and
which he could no longer inhabit. The Winds waft
them over to Hefperia^ where they go to lay the
Foundation of a new Kingdom in the Country of the
Sdletitines.

In the mean time, the Cretans, being dcftitute of

a King to go\ ern them, reh Ive to chufe fuch a one

- as will prcferve the Purity of the eftablifti'd Laws.

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BookV. of r ELEMACUUS. 125

And thefe are the Meafures they take for that Pur-
pofe : all the chief Men of an hundred Cities are
now met at this Place; they have already begun vvich
oftering Sacrifices; they have aiTembled all the molt
renowned Sages of the neighboivring Countries, to
examine the Wifdom of thofe who fhall be thought
worthy of the Supreme Command; they have ordcr'd
public Games, where all the Competitors are to con-
tend ; the Crov/n is the Prize which they propofe to
confer on him who fhall be found to excel, both as to
Siength of Body and Endowments of Mind. They
will have a King, v/hofe Body is ftrong and adtive,
and his Soul adorn'd with Wifdom and Virtue: They
invite all Strangers to this grand AlTembly.

Naiificrates having recounted to us this wondrous
Story, faid to us : Hafte therefore, O Strangers, to
our Aflembly ; you fhali contend with the rell, and
if the Gods decree the Victory to either of you, he
fhall reign in this Country. We follow'd him, not
out of any Defire of being viflorious, but only out
of a Curiofity to fee fo extraordinary an Eledlion.

We arriv'd at a Place refembling a very large Ctr-
cus, furrounded with a thick Wood. The Middle of
this Circus was an Arcna^ or Pit, prepar'd for the
Combatants ; it was furrounded by a large Amphi-
theatre of green Turf, whereon was feated and ranged
an innumerable Multitude of Spectators. As foon
as we came there, we were honourably receiv'd ; for
the Cretans^ of all Nations in the World, are the
moft noble and religious Obfervers of Hofpitality :
They dcfir'd us to take our Places, and invited us to
enter the Lifts. Mentor excufed himfelf, upon ac-
count of his Age, and Har.ael on the Score of his ill
State of He^'th. A4y Youth and Vigour left me
without Excufe ; however, I cafl a Look upon Mentor
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1 26 The Adventures Book V.

to difcover his Mind, and I perceived he defir'd that I
ihould engage : I therefore accepted their Propofa!,
and liripp'd myfelf of my Cloaths ; They pour'il
iitream's of fwcet and (bining Oil on all my Limbs;
luid I mixed among the Combatants, it was faid on
every Side, that the Son of IJl^JJh was come to con-
tend for the Prize ; and feveral Cretans^ v/ho had been
pt Ithaca daring my Infancy, knew tpc again.

The firft Exerclfe was Wreftling. A Rhodlan^
about five and thirty Years of Age, furmounted all
thofe who dared to encounter him. He had iiill al!
the Vigour of Youth ; his Arms were nervous and
brawny ; at the leaft of his Motions you might dif-
cover all his Mufcles, and he was no lefs nimble than
ilrong. He did not think me worthy to be conquer'd
by him ; and looking with Pity upon my tender Age,
he was about to retire, when I challeng'd him.
Hereupon we laid hold on each other; we alnioft
fqueez'd the Breath out of one another's Bodies ; we
flood Shoulder to Shoulder ; Foot to Foot ; all our
Nerves were diftended ; and our Arms interwoven
like twining Serpents ; each of us driving to lift his
Antagonilt from the Ground. Sometimes he endea-
voured unexpediedly to throw me, by pufiiing me to
the right Side; fometimes he ftrove to bend me on
the left : But whilft he was plying me in this manner,
I gave him fuch a violent Pufli, as bent his Loins ;
fo be tumbled down upon the Stage, and dragg'd mc
after him ; in vain he us'd all his Strength to get
•uppermoft, I kept him immoveably under me. All
the People cry'd. Victory to the Son of UlyJJes^ and
fo I hclp'd the difmay'd Khodian to get up again.

The Combat of the Ccvftus was more difficult :
The Son of a rich Citizen of Sainos ha\ ijig acquired
a great Renown in this Excrcife, all the reft yielded
to him, and I alone ofFci'd to difpute the Victory

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BookV. of TELEMACHVS. ii'J

with him, At firft he dealt me fuch fierce Blows
on my Head and Breaft, as made me call up Biood,
and ipread a thick Cloud over my Eyes : I ftagger'd ;
he prefs'd me : 1 was almoft out of Breath 5 but I
was re- animated by Mentor s Voice, who cry'd to
me, O Son of Ulyjfes ! wnW you fuffor yourfelf to be
vanquidi'd ? Anger fupply'd me with frefli Strength,
and 1 avoided feveral Blows which would have crulh'J
me to the Earth. As foon as the Samian had made a
falfe Blow at me, and that his Arm was ftretch'd out
in vain, I iurpriz'd him in that ftooping Pofture, and
as he had began to Itep back, I lifted up my Ccefcus,
that I might fail upon him v.'ith greater Force ; he
endeavour'd to avoid me, and lofing his proper Ba-
hmce, he gave me an Opportunity to throw him
down. He had fcarce meafur'd the Ground with his
Length, v/hen 1 reach'd him my Hand to raife him
up. He got up of himfelf, cover'd with Dufl and
Blood, full of Confulion and Diforder, but he duril
not renew the Fight.

Immediately after began the Chariot-Races : The
Chariots were diftributed by Lot ; mine happened to
be the worft, both as to the Lightnefs of the Wheels,
and the Mettle of the Horfes : We darted ; a Cloud
of Duft flew about us, that darken'd ifhe very Sky.
At firil, I let all my Competitors go before me ; a
young Lacedemonian^ named Grantor^ prefently out-
ftript all the red ; a Cretan, Polycletus^ by Name,
follow'd him clofe ; Hip^ofnachus^ a Relation of Ido-
meneus, who afpir'd to fucceed him, giving the Reins
to his Horfes, reeking with Sweat, leaned on their
flowing Mains, and 'his Chariot-Wheels turned i'o
very fvvift, that they feem'd to be without Motion,
like the V/ings of an Eagle that cuts the Air. My
iiorfcs being aninuted, and having gather'd Breath
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i28 iTi-^ Ad VENTUR Es BookV.

by degrees, I out-ftripped moft of thofe who ftarted
with fo much Ardour. Hippomnchus^ Idomeneus's
Kinfman, driving his Horfcs too fail, the moft met-
ilelbme of them fell down, and by his Fall depriv'd
his Marter of the Hopes of the Crown.

Polycletusy leaning too much upon his Horfes, and
having no firm Sitting, fumbled down as his Chariot
gave a Jolt, loft his Reins, and it was great Luck
that he efcap'd Death. Grantor feeing, wiih Eyes full
of Indignation, that I was got up clofe to him, re-
doubled his Eagernefs : Now, he invoked the Gods,
promifing them rich Offerings ; then he chear'd up
his Horfes with his Voice : He was afraid left I ftiould
pafs between him and the Bounds ; for my Horfes,
which I fpared at firft, were now able to beat his i
ib that the only Remedy he had left was, to i^op up
my PafTage : In order to this he ran the Rifk of
breaking his Wheel againft the Bound, and broke it
accordingly. 1 turn'd about prefently to avoid his
broken Chariot, and a Moment after he faw me at
the Goal. Again the People fhouted, and cry'd out.
Victory to the Son of UlyJJes-y 'tis he the Gods have
deftin'd to reign over us.

Then the moft illuftrious, and the wifeft amongft
the Cretans, conduced us into an antient facred
Wood, remote from the Sight of prophane Men,
where the Elders whom Minos had eftablifhed to be
the Judges of the People, and Guardians of the
Laws, convened us who had contended at the Exercifes,
no other being admitted. The Sages opened the
Books wherein all the Laws of Jllinos are colledted.
As I drew near thofe old Men, whom Age had rcn-
der'd venerable, without impairing the Vigour of their
Minds, I felt myfelf feiz'd with an awful Refpeil
and Confufion. They fat in order, and motionlcfs
in their Places j their Hair was hoary, fome of thern

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BookV. of TELEMACHUS. 129

had fcarely any ; a calm and ferene Wifdom was con-
fpicuous in t'leir grave (Jountenances ; they did not
iirive who fhould (peak firft ; they fpoke with Deli-
beration, and faid nothing but what they had well
weigh'd before. When they happen'd to differ in Opi-
nion, they were fo moderate in maintaining their Sen-
timents, that one would be apt to think they were all
of one Mind. Their long Experience of part: Tranf-
acStions, and their coiifrant Application to Labour and
Study, gave them extenhve Views in all Affairs. But
what moft conduc'd to perfedl their Reafon, was the ,
Tranquillity of their Minds, freed from the fond
Paffions and wild Caprices of Youth : They were
a6tuated by Wifdom alone, and the Advantage they
reap'd from their accomplifh'd Virtue was fuch a per-
fect Maftery over their Paffions, that they enjoy'd,
without Dirturbance, the pleafant and noble Delight
of being govern'd by Reafon. As I was admiring
them, I wifti'd my Life contra6ted, that I might ar-
rive fuddenly at fo valuable an old Age. I counted
Youth unhappy, for being fo impetuous, and at fo
great Diftance from that calm and enlighten'd Virtue,
The Chief among thefe old Men opened the Vo-
lume of Minos's Laws, which was a great Boole
ufaally kept among Perfumes in a golden Box. Each
of them kifs'd it with great Refpe6l j for they faid.
That next the Gods, from whom good Laws are de-
riv'd, nothing ought to be more facred among Men,
than thofe Lawj themfelves, which tend to make
them good, wife and happy : Thofe who have in
their Hands the Adminiltration of the Laws for the
Government of the People, ought themfelves to be
govern'd by thofe very Laws upon all Occafions:
'Tis the Law, and not the Man, that ought to reign»
Such was the Difcourfe of thefe Sages. Afterwards
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130 jT/f'!? A D V E N T UR Rs Book V.

he whb prefided at the A/rembly, proi^ounded three

Qiieftions, which were to be decided by the lVI::xim5
of Minos.

The firfl Qi^ieftion was. Of all Men, who is ma/i
free f Some anfwer'd, 'Twas a King, who h^d an
abfolute Power over his People, and had conqucr'd
all his Enemies. Others maintain'd, that 'twas a
Man who had fufiicient Riches to giaiify all his
Delires. Oiheis laid, 'twas a Man, who being
never married, traveli'd all his Life-time thro' divers
Countries, without being ever (ubje6l to the Laws
of any Nation. Others fancied, that it was a Bar-
barian., who living upon Hunting in the Midll of
the Woodsj was independent upon any Government,
and fubject to no manner of Want. Others thought,
it was a JV'lan ncv^/ly made free, becaufe coming out
of the Rigours of Servitude, he enjoy 'd more than
any other the Sweets of Libeity. Others, at laft,
bethought themielves to fay, That it was a dying
Man, becaufe Death freed him from all Troubles,
and all Men put together had no longer any Power
over him.

When it came to my Turn, I was not puzzled hov7
to anfwer, becaufe i (till reniembered what Mentor
had often told me : The mok free of all Men, an-[j|
fwer'd I, is he who can be free, even in Slavery itfciftf
In what Condition or Country foever a Man may be'
he is moft free when he fears the Gods, and none but
them : Infhort, that Man is tiuly free, who, difen-
ga-g'd from all manner of Fear, or anxious DefireJ
is fubjedt to the Gods, and his Realon only'. The
Anticiits looked upon one another fmiling, and were
furpriz'd to hnd that my Anfwer was cxadtly the
fame with that of Minos^

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BookV. of TELEMACHUS. 131

Afterwards, they propofed the fecond Queftion, in
thefe Words, Who is the 7noJl unhappy of all Men?
Every one anf^-ered as he thought. One faid, ''Tis
a Ma.i who has neiiher Eftate, Health, nor Honour.
Another faid, 'lis a Man who is friendlefs. Others
maintained, That 'fis a Man vvi^.o has difobedient,
ungrateful, and unworeiiy Children. There came a
Sage of the Ifland of Lesbos^ who faid. That the
moil; unhappy of all Men, is he who thinks himfelf
fo; for Unhappinefs doth not entirely proceed from
what we fufFcr, but rather from our own Impatience
and Uneafinefs, which aggravate our Misfortunes.
This Speech was highly commended and applauded
by the whole Affembly, and every one thought that
the Lefb'ian Sage would carry the Prize, in thus fol-
viiig this Queltion. But being afii'd my Opinion, I
anfwer'd according to Mentors Maxims, The mod
unhappy of all M;?n, is a King, who thinks himfelf
happy, when he makes other Men miferable : His
Blindnefs makes him doubly unhappy; for not know-
ing his Miiery, he cannot apply Reniedies to it, nay,
is even afraid to know it : Truth cannot pierce thro'
the Crowd of his Flatterers, to reach him ; his Paf-
fions tyrannize over him ; he is a Stranger to his Du-
ty ; he never tafted the Fleafure of doing Xjood, nor
fell the Charms of untainted Virtue ; he is unhappy,
and deferves to be fo ; his Unhappinefs incieafes
daily ; he runs to his own Ruin, and the Guds pre-
pare an eternal Punifhmcnt to confound him. All
the Affembly confeiTcd 1 had overcome the v;ife Lef-
b'ian^ and the old Men declared I l-i^id hit upon -thu'
true Senfe of Minos.

The third Queftion they aiked, was, Which of the
two is to be preferred^ a King viSiorious and invi:iciLle
in War, or a King unexperienced in War, iut ah'e ta

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1 3 i "The Adventures Book V»

rule his People wifely in Peace? The Majority aii-
ivver'd, That the King invincible in War was to be
preferred. ^What are we the better, faid they, for
having a King who knows how to govern well in
Peace, if he knows not how to defend his Kingdom
when a War breaks out ? For then his Enemies will
overcome him, and make his People Slaves. Others
on the contrary maintain'd. That the peaceful King
was better, becaufe he would be afraid of War, and
conlequently take care to avoid it. Others faid,
That a conquering King would confult and advance
as well the Glory of his People as his own, and make
his Subjects Maiters of other Nations ; whereas a
peaceful King would fmk their Courage into a
fhameful Effeminacy. They dcfir'd to know my
Opinion, and I anfwer'd thus :

A King, who knows how to govern, only in
Peace, or only in War, and is incapable to rule his
People in both ihofe Circumftances, is but half a
King ; but if you compare a King, who is only
fkilled in War, to a wife King, who, without being
acquainted with War, is able to maintain it upon
Occafion, by his Generals, 1 think he is to be pre-
ferred to the other. A King, whofe Mind fliall be
entirely bent upon War, would always be for ma-
king war, iji order to extend his Dominion, and ad-
vance bis own Glory, and not care if all his People
were ruined. What are a People the better for the
Conquefts their King makes over other Nations, if
they themfelves are miferable under his Reign.
Moreover, long Wars are always attended with great
Piforders ; the Conquerors themfelves grow licen-
tious in thofe Times of Confufion. See at what a
dear Rate Greece has triumph'd over Troy : (he was.
<Jepriyed of her Kings for above ten Years. Whilft

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BookV. oftELEMACHUS. 135=

all is ruined by War, the Laws grow faint, Agricul-
ture is negledted, all Arts languifn and decay ; even
the beft Princes, when they have a War to carry on,
are forced to cotrmit the greateft of Ills, which is, to
tolerate Licentioufnefs, and make ufe of wicked Men.
How many profligate Villains would be punifhed in
Times ot Peace, Vvhofe Audacioufnefs mufl be re-
warded during the Difurders of War ? Never had
any Nation a conquering Sovereign, but they fuf-
fer'd much upon account of his Ambition. A Con-
queror, intoxicated with his Glory, is almofl: as
rijir.ous to his own viflorious People as to the
Nations he has vanquifh'd. A Prince, who wants
the necelfaryQiialifications for Peace, cannot make
his Subjects reliih the P'ruits of a War happily ended.
He is like a Man who could defend his own Field
againft his Neighbour, and ufurp even that of his
Neighbour himfelf, but could neither plow nor fow
his Grounds, in order to reap the Harveft. Such a
Man feems to be born to deftroy, lay wafte, and turn
the World topfy-turvy, and not to make the People
happy by a wife Government.

Now let us confider a peaceful King: 'Tis true,
he is not fit for great Conquefts ; that is to fay, he is
not born to difturb the Tranquillity of his own Peo-
ple, by endeavouring to fubdue thofe other Na'ions
who are not his lav^^fu! Subjects ; but if he be truly
fit to govern in Peace, he is Mafter of all the Qua-
lifications necefl'ary to fecure and prote<3: his People
againit their Enemies. The Reafun of it is plain :
For he is juft, moderate, and eafy, with refpecSt to
his Neighbours ; he never attempts to do any thing
againfl them that may difturb the public Peace j he
is religioufly faithful in all his Alliances : his Allies
love hira, they are not in fear of him, but rather re-

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134 '^^^ Adventures Book V.

pole an entire Confidence in him. If he happens to
have fome rcftkTs, haughty, ambitious, and troubie-
lome Neighbour, all the other Kings, who fear that
turbulent iSeighbouj-, and in no manner d;ftrult the
peaceful King, join themfelves in Confederacy with
that good King, and k. -p him from bemg opprefs'd.
His Integrjty, Honefty and Moderation, make him
the Arbiter of vill the btates that furround his.
Whilit the enterpjizing King is odious to all the reft,
and ever expos'd to their Leagues, the peaceful Prince
has the Honour oi being, as it were, trie Father and
Guardian of all the ot'icr Kings. Thefe are the Ad-
vantages he has abrc;iJ ; Tlfofe he enjoys at home are
ftiil more folid. Since he is lit to govern m Peace, 'tis
certain he governs recording to the wifeft Lawo; he
difcountenances Pomp, Luxury, and all thofe Arts
that ferve only to chcrifh and foment V^ice; he pro-
motes and encourages thofe that are ufeful, and can
fupply iViankind with ihe real Wants o! Life; more
particularly he caufes iiis Suji^cts to apply themielves
to Agriculture, and by that means he procures them
Plenty of all Neceflaries. This laborious People,
plain in their Manners, and accuftom'd to a thrifty
Way of Living, ^et an eafy Livelihood by tilling of
tficir Lands, and multiply every Day. This King-
dom contains not only an infinite Multitude of Peo-
ple, found in Body, vigorous, and ftrong : not fof-
ten'd by Pleafure, but exerclsVl and inur'd to Virtue;
not addicted to the Enjoyiucnt of an effeminate,
luxurious Life : A P^eopic that know how to de-
fpife Death, and had ratiicr part with their Lives,
than wkh the Liberty they enjoy under a wife King,
who reigns onl) by the Dictates of Reafon and Ju-
Jiice. Let, now a neighbouring Conqueror attack
this PeopiCj perLa.^s he may find them not io well

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fkill'd in pitcliing a Camp, or drawing up an Army
in Order of Battlf, or in erecting Machines for the
Befieging of a Town ; but he will find them invin-
cible by their Numbers, their Courage, their Pa-
tience upon hard Duty, their Familiarity with Want
and Poverty, their Refolution and Obitinacy in Fight,
and their conftant Virtue, not to be fhaken even by ill
Succcfs and Dilaucrs. Moreover, ii' the King has
not Experience enough to command his Armies in
Perfon, he will caufe them to be commanded by thofe
v»'ho are capable of it ; and will underftand how to
make uie of fuch Generals without lofing his Autho-
rii:','. in the mean time, his Allies will furniih him
v.ith Supplies ; his Subjects will rather die, than iin-
o:;r;io the Yoke of another unjuil and tyrannical
King; nay, the Gods themfclves will fight for him.
t-ee how many Helps and Advantages he will find
amidi): the greateft Dangers, 1 therefore conclude.
That a peaceful King, who is unil^ill'd in War, is a
very imperfedt King, fince he cannot difcharge one
of his mofi important FunvStions, which is to over-
come his Eiiemies : but, at the fame tin>e, I add,
he is infinitely fuperior to a conquering King, who
wants the necedary Qualifications to govern in Peace,
and is only fit for War.

I percciv'd a great many in the Afien-;bly, who
feem'd to difiike my Opinion ; for the Generality of
Men, dazzled by glittering Things, fuch as Victories
and Conqacits, prefer them before what is plain,
calm,, and foiid ; iuch as Peace, and the good Go-
vernment of a Nation. But, however, all the old
Men declared I had fpoken the Sentiinentsof J^zV/w.

The chief of thefe Ancients cry'd out, I fee the
fulfillmg of one of Apollo's Oracles, which is known
through all our Ifland : Mhios^ having confulted the

Gods,

1 ? 6 The Adventures, 67*^. Book V.

Gods, to know how long his Progeny fhould reisn^
according to the Laws he had newly eftablifhed, y7-
pollo anfwer'd him, Thy Off-fpring will ceafe to rule,
when a Stranger, coming into thy Ifland, {hall caufe
thy Laws to reign there. We fear'd leit fome Stran-
ger {hould come and conquer the Ifle of Crete ; but
Idomeneus's Misfortunes, and the Wiidom of the Son
of Ulyjfes^ who heft of any Mortal underftands the
Laws of Minos, do plainly dilcover to us the Mean-
ing of the Oracle. Why do we any longer defer
crowning of him, whom Deitiny appoints to be our
King?

The END of the FIFTH BOOK,

T H E

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Jicrcr/C \l

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

TELE MA C H U S.

BOOK VI.

The ARGUMENT.

Telemachus relates how herefufed the Crown of Crete,
in order to return to Ithaca : That the Cretans de-
ftring htm to name a Kingy he propofed Mentor, who
likewife declined the Royal Diadem : That at laji the
Ajfemhly prejfing Mentor to chufe for the xuhole Na~
tion, he told them what he had learned of Ariltode-
musV Virtues, whoreupon he luas immediately pro-
claim''d King : That afterwards Mentor and he em-
hirk'd for Ithaca i but that Neptune, to gratify.

138 y^i? Ad V ENT u RE 5 Book VI.

Venus'^ Refcntment ^ rah\l the late Starm, andji/ip-
wreck'd their VcJJel^ ' ^fi<^'^ -which the Goddufi Ca-
Jypfo received them into her IJland.

fgl^^E REU PON the old Men went out of
l^'^tS''?^^ the Incloiure of the facred Wood, and
l^'jl^'^lj^ the Cliief of them taking me by t!ie
[•fe^lv!^^ Hand, declar'd to the People, who were
impatient to know the Decifion, That I
had carry'd the Prize. His Words were fcarce out of
his Mouth, when there was heard a confus'd Noife of
all the Affemuly, every one giving a Shout for Joy ;
the Shore, and all the neiahbourina; Hills echoed with
this general Acclamation, Let the Son of Ulyjles^ who
refembles Aainos, reign over the Cretans.

1 waited a while, and making Signs with my
Hand, I defir'd to be heard. In the mean time,
Jl'letitor whifper'd me ; What ! will you renounce
your Country ? Will your ambitious Defires of a
Crown make you forget Penelope^ who now expedts
you as her only Hope ; and the great UlyfJ'es^ whom
the Gods have reiblv'd to reftore to you ? Thefe
Words pierced my Heart, and check'd my Ambition
of being a King. But now the profound Silence
of this tumultuous Aflembly gave me Opportunity
thus to fpeak : Illuftrious Cretans, I am not worthy
to command over you. The Oracle you mention'd,
Ihews indeed that the Offspring of Minos (hall ceafe
to rule, when a Stranger Ihall come into this Ifland,
and fliall caufe the Laws of that wife King to reign
therein ; but it is not faid, T)iat Stranger (hall rule.
i will fuppofe I am that Stranger, mark'd out by the
Oracle: 1 have -made this Prcdidtion good; I am
come into this Ifland ; I have difcover'd the true
Senfc of the Laws, and I wifh my Explanation may

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Book VI. of r El. E MA CliUS. 1 39

contribute to make them reigii with \\xq Man whonn
ypu fhall ehufe. For my ov/n part, 1 prefer my
Country, the poor liitle Iflaad of Ithaca^ btfore the
hundred Cities of Crete, and the Glory and Wealth
of this fine Kingdom. Suffer me to purfue what Fate
has deftia'd : If I enter'd your Lifts, 'twas not with
Hopes to reign here, but only to merit your Eileem
and your Pity, and that I might be furndit'd by you
with Necefiaries for my fpeedy Return into my Native
Countiy. I would rather chufe to obey my Father
UlyJJes, and to comfort my Mother Penchpe, than
reign over all the Nations of the Univerfe. Oh
Cretans ! you fee the Bottom of my Heart : I muft
leave )0u ; but Death alone fliall put a Period to my
Gratitude : Yes, Tele^nachus will love the Cretans,
and be no lefs concern'd for their Honour than his
ov/n, as long as he has Breath.

I had fcarce done fpeaking, when there arofe
through the whole AfFembly a hollow Noife, like
that of the Waves of the Sea dafhlng one againft
another in a Storm. Some faid. Is this a God in
human Shape? Others maintain'd, they had itzw
me in other Countries, and that they knew me again.
Others cry'd, Wc muft force him to reign here.
At laft, I refum'd my Difcourfe, and every one was
filent in a Moment, not knowing but I was going to
accept v/hat I had at firfc rejected. I fpoke to them
thus.

Suffer me, O Cretans ! to tell you my Thoughts :
You are the wifefi: of all Nations, but methinks
Wifdom itquires a Precaution, which you feem to
have forgot. You ought to fix your Eleclion, not
on that iViin vvlio bcft difourfes about the Laws,
but on him who with a molt fleady and conftanc
Virtue puts them in prad^icc. For my part, I am

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T40 ^he Adventures Book VI.

young, and confequently unexperienc'd, expos'd to
the V^iolence of Paifioiis, and more fit to learn, by
obeying, how to command hereafter, than to com-
mand at prel'ent : Therefore, feck not a Man that
has overcome others in thefe Trials of Wit and
Strength, but one that has overcome himfelf ; look
out for a Man that has your Laws deeply engraven
in his Heart, and whofe whole Life is a con-
tinued Practice of thofe Laws : Let his Actions,
rather than his Words, recommend him to your
Choice.

All the old Men, charm'd with this Difcourfe,
and feeing the Applaufes of the whole Affembly ftill
increafing, faid to me, fince the Gods will not fiifter
us to hope to fee you reign amongfl us, at leait do us
the Favour to affift us in the finding out a King,
that fhall caufe our Laws to reign. Do you know
any body that can command with that Moderation
you fpeak of? I know a Man, anfwer'd I, to whora
1 am beholden for all you have admir'd in me ; 'tis
bis Wifdom, and not mine, that fpoke to you ; 'tis
he, who infpired me with all thofe Anfwers you heard
juft now.

Thereupon the whole Affembly caft their Eyes,
upon Mentor^ whom I (hew'd to them, holding him
by the Hand. Moreover, I told them what Care he
had taken of me from my Infancy ; what Dangers.
he had refcu'd me from ; what Misfortunes had be-
fallen me as foon as I began to negle6t his Counfels.
At firlt, they took no notice of him, by reafon of
his plain, negligent Drefs, his modeit Countenance,
bis being nlenc almoft all the while, and his cold
and referv'd Demeanour: But, when tlicy view'd
him more attentively, they difcover'd in his Afpe6t
fomething divinely firm and elevated, they obferv'd

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Book VI. of rELEMACHUS. 141

the Vivacity of his Eyes, and the Vigour with which
he perform 'd every, even the leaft aiiion. They
afk'd him feveral Qiieftions, which he anfwer'd to
the Admiration of all ; upon which they refolv'd to
make him their King, but he excus'd himfelf with-
out any Concern. He told them, he preferr'd the
Sweets of a private Life before the Pomp of a Crown j
that even the bcft of Kings were unhappy, in that
they fcarce ever did that Good they had a Defire to
do ; and that thro' Surprize, and the Infinuations of
P"'latterers, they often did that Mifchief they never
intended. He added. That if Slaves be miferable,
the Condition of a King is no lefs wretched, fmce
'tis but Servitude in a Difguife. V\^hen a A-lan, faid
he, is King, he is ftill dependent upon all thofe
whom he has Occafion for, in order to make others
obey. Happy is he, who is not oblig'd to command !
'Tis only to his own Country, when fhe invefls a
Man with Power, that he ought to ofrer the dear Sa-
crifice of his Liberty, in order to toil for the Public
Good.

At thefe Wordj, the Cretans^ not being able to
recover from their Surprize, afk'd him. What Man
they ought to chufe ? A Man, reply'd he, that
knows well every one of you, fince he muft govern
you } and fuch a one as is fhy of governing you,
W^hoever dcfires Sovereignty, is not acquainted with
it ; and how then will he perform the Duties incum-
bent upon his Dignity, if he be a Stranger to them ?
He courts a Crown for himfelf; but you ought to have
fuch a one, as only accepts it for your Sake, and not
his own.

All the Cretans being ftrangely furpriz'd to fee thefe
two Strangers refufe a Crown, which many others
feek after with eager Ambition, they enquir'd who

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142 5'^^ A D V E N T u R E s Book VI.

came along with them. Nauf.crates^ who had con-
du6lcd them from the Port to the Circus, where
the Games were celebrated, ftiew'd them Hazael,
who was come with Mentor and myfelf, from the
Ille of Cyprus ; but their Wonder iHll increafed,
when they heard that Mentor had been Haxael's
Slave ; that Hazael^ deeply affedtcd with the VVif-
dom and V^irtue of his Slave, had made him his
Counfellor and intimate Friend ; that That Slave
made free, was the fame who juit now refus'd to be
King ; and that Hazael was come from Damafcus in
Syria, to inftru<Sl himfelf in the Laws of Aiinos \ fo
much was his Heart policfs'cl with the Love of Wif-
dom.

The old Men faid to Hazael, We dare not de-
fire you to rule over us, for we fuppofe your
Thoughts are the fame with thcfe of Mentor ; you
defpife Men too much, to be willing to take upon
you the Conduct of them. Bcfidcs, Riches, and
the Pomp of Royalty, attrad not you fo ftrongly, as
to make you dcfnoua to purchai'e them at the Ex •
pence of thofe painful Anxieties which are hifepara-
bly annex'd to Dominion. Hazael anfwer'd, Do
not think, O Cretans! that 1 defpile iVlen. No,
I know too well what a great and noble Employ-
ment it is to make them good and hanpy ; but that
Employment is full of Trouble and Danger ; the
Splendor that attends it is but a fali'e Brightnefs,
which can only dazzle the Eyes of vain- glorious
Men. Life is fhort ; Grcatnels and Exaltation do
more provoke the Paffions, than they can fatisfy
them. My Defign in coming fo far, was not to
purchafe thefe falle Goods, but only to learn to be
eafy without them. I muft bid you farewel ; I have
110 other Thoughts than to return to a peaceful and

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Book VI. of rELEMJCHUS. 143

retired Life, where Wifdom fhall fill my Heart, and
nourifti my Soui ; and where the Hopes, fupply'd by
-Virtue, ot"^a better Life after Death, fhall comfort
me under the MiCeries of old Age. If I were to wiih
for any thing, it fiioukl not be, to be a King ; it
fhould be. Never to be parted from thefe two rvien
you fee here before you.

At laft, the Cretans^ addreffing -themrelves to
Mentor, cry'd out, You, the wileft and greateft of
all Mortal.^, tell us then, v.-ho it is we muft chufe
to be our King, for we will not let you go till you
have dire6led us where to fix our Choice ? • To
which he anfvver'dj Vv^hilil: 1 was among the Crov/d
of Speilatiors, I took notice of a vigorous old
Man, whc3 fhew'd no manner of Eagernefs or Con-
cern ; I afk'd who he was ? and Anfwer was
made, He was call'd^ Artjiodemus. Afterwards, I
heard fome body telling him, that his two Sons
were among the Comt>atants ; at which he exprefs'd
no manner of Joy : He faid, Tlrat as for the one,
he did n!;t wilh him the Dangers which attend a
Crown ; and as for the other, he lov'd his Country
too well, ever to confent that he fhould be King.
By that I underfiood, that the Father had a rati -nal
Love for one of his Sons, who is good and virtuous,
and that he did not indulge the other in vicious Ex-
ceiTes. My Curiofity fvill increafing, I enquir'd
"into the Life and Charader of this old Man ; one
of your Citizens anfwer'd me : He bore Arms a long
time ; his Body is cover'd with Wounds and Scars ;
but his plain and fincere Virtue, entirely averfe to
Flattery, rendcr'd him troublefi>me to Iclomencus^
which is the Rea(bn that King did not employ him
in the Trojan War. He fear'd a Man who would
give thofe wife Counfels, which he was not inclin'd

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to follow ; he was even jealous of the Honour and
Reputation which that Man would infallibly have
acquir'd in a little Time ; he forgot all his part Ser-
vices, and left him here poor, and expos'd to the
Scorn of thofe fordid, bafe Men, who value nothing
but Riches ; but contented in his Poverty, h.e lives
a pleafant Life, in a retir'd Place of this Ifland,
where he tills and manures his Ground with his
own Hands. One of his Sons helps him in his
Work ; they have a tender Love for each other ;
their Frugality and Labour make them happy, and
fupply them with an Abundance of all Things necef-
fary fur a plain way of Living. That wife old Man
diftributes to the Sick and the Poor of his Neighbour-
hood, all that he can fpare from his own Wants,
and his Son's : He fets all young People to work,
and encourages, admonifhes, and inftru6ts them.
He decides all Controverfies amongft his Neighbours,
and is, as it were, the Father of all Families. His
own Misfortune is, that he has a fecond Son, who
would never follow his Advice in any thing : The
Father having borne with him a long Time, with
hopes to reclaim him from his Vices, has at laft
turn'd him out of his Houfe ; fmce which he has
abandon'd himfelf to fond Ambition, and all extrava-
gant Pleafures.

This, O Cretans ! is what I have been inform'd ;
you can beft tell whether that Relation he true j
but if that Man be fuch as he is "defcrib'd to be,
what need you celebrate any Games ? Why do you
aflemble together fo many unknown Perfons ? You
have amongft you a Man who knows- you, and
whom you know ; one who underftands War,
who has fhewn his Courage not only againft
Darts and Arrows, but againft dreadful Poverty,

and
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Book VI. cfTELEMACHUS, 145

and has defpis'd Riches gain'd by Flattery ; one who
loves Labour ; who knows how ufeful Agriculture is
to a Nation ; who abhors Pomp and Luxury j who
fufiers not himfelf to be unmann'd by a blind Fondnefs
for his Children, and loves the Virtue of the one, and
condemns the Vices of the other. In a word, a Man
who is already the Father of the People. This muft
be your King, if you truly defire to fee the Laws of
wife Minos reign amongft you.

All the People cry'd out : 'Tis true, Arijlodemus
is fuch as you defcribe him ; 'tis he that deferves the
Grown. The old Men order'd he fhould be call'd;
he was fetch'd from among the Crowd, where he
was mingled with the meaner Sort, and, having ap-
peared before them, calm and unconcern'd, they
declare to him, That they had made him King,
He anfwer'd, I cannot conlent to it, but upon thefe
three Conditions : Firft, that I (hall lay down my
Dignity in two Years time, in cafe 1 can't make
you better than you are at prefent, and if you remain
refradory to the Laws. Secondly, That I ftiall be
free to maintain my plain and frugal Way of living.
And thirdly. That my Children fhall have no Rank
or Precedence ; and that after my Death they fhall
be treated without any other Diftindtion, than
according to their Merit, like the reft of the
Citizens.

At thefe Words, the Air was fill'd v/ith joyful
Acclamations 5 the Chief of thofe old Men, who
were the Guardians of the Laws, put the Crown
upon Anjlodejnui'^ Head ; and afterwards they of-
fer'd Sacrifices to Jupiter, and the other great Gods.
Arijlodemus gave us Prefents, not with that Magni-
ficence which is ufual to Kings, but with a noble
Simplicity. He gave to Hazael the Laws of Minos,

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146 The Adventures Book V.

written with Minos's own Hand ; he likewife gave
him a Colle<5lion of the whole Hiftory of the Ifle of
Crete, from Saturn and the Golden Age, down to
that Time : He fcnt aboard his Ship all kinds of the
choicefl Fruits that grow in Crete, but are unknown
in Syria, and ofFer'd him all the Afliftance he had
cccalion for.

Now, becaufe we prefs'd for our Departure, he
ordered a Ship to be fitted up, and manned with a
great Number of ftrong Rowers, and armed Men ;
he gave us likewife Changes of Cloaths, and all
manner of Provifions. At that very Inftant there
arofe a fair Wind for Ithaca ; this Wind, bein;^ con-
trary to Hazael, oblig'd him to flay behind. He faw
us go away, and embrac'd us as dear Friends, whom
he fear'd he fliould fee no more : However, faiu he,
the Gods are jufl ; they know our Friendfhip is foun-
ded on Virtue alone ; they will one Day bring us to-
gether again ; and thofc happy Elyfian Fields, where
the Good aiid Juft are faid to enjoy an eternal Peace
after Death, fhall fee our Souls meet, never to be
parted any more. Oh ! that my Afties may be ga-
thered into the fame Urn with yours ! As he fpoke
thefe laft Words, he fhed a Flood of Tears, and his
Voice was Itifled by deep Sighs : We v/ept no lefs than
ht ; and in this folemn Woe he condu<Sted us to our
Ship.

As for Ar'iftodemus, he faid to us : 'Twas you
made me King ; remember what Dangers you have
expofcd me to, and therefore requefl the Gods that
they may vouch fafe to infpire me with true Wif-
dom, and make me as much fuperior to other Men
in Moderation, as I am above them in Authority,
For my parr, J bcfcech them to conduct you fafe
into your Country, to confound the Infolence of

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Book VI. of r ELEMACHUS. 147

your Foes, and blefs you with the Sight of t7/;#^y
reio-nino- in Peace with his dear Penelope. Telemachiis^
I give you a good Ship, full of able Mariners and
Soldiers, who may ferve you againft thofe unjufl
Men who perfecute your Mother. O Mentor I your
all-fufficient Wifdom leaves me no room even to vviih
you any thing ! Go both in Peace, and live to-
gether happy \ remember Jrijhdemus ; and if ever
the Ithacans have occafion for the Cretans^ depend
upon me as long as 1 have Breath. He enibrac'd us,
and we could not forbear mingling our Tears with
our Thanks.

In the mean time, the Wind, which filled our
fpreading Sails, feemed to promife a pleafant Voyage.
Already Mount Ida began to decreafe in our Sight,
and look'd like a little Hill ; the Cretan Shore dif-
appear'd, and the Coaft of Peloponnefus feemed to
advance into the Sea to meet us. But on a fudden,
a low'rin^ Storm over-caft the Sky, and ftirr'd up
all the Billovvs of the Sea ^ the Day was turn'd into
Night, and ghailily Death hovered over us. O Nep-
tune^ it is you, who with your proud 7\ident, roufed
up the Rage of your watry Empire ! Venus^ to be
revenged upon us for defpifing her even in her
Temple of Cythera, went to that God, and fpoke to'
him, full of Grief, and with her beauteous Eyes
diflblved in Tears ; at leaft, it is what Mentcr^ who
is acquainted with CeleWial Things, has allured me.
O Nepttine^ faid fhe, will you fuf-Fer thofe impious
Wretches to mock my Power with Impunity ? The
Gods themfelves acknowledge it ; yet thefe rafh Mor-
tals have dared to condexnn all the Cuftoms of my
Ifland ; they pretend to a Wifdom, Proof againft al!
Paff.ons, and look upon Love as Folly and Mad-
ncfs. Have you forgot that I was born in your Do-
H 2 minion?

14S T>^^ Advent u R Es BookVI.

minion? Why do you delay anv longer to bury,
in your deep AbyfTes, thofe tu'o Wretches whom I
abhor ?

bhe had fcarce done fpcaking, when Neptune made
his boifterous Waves rile up to the very ^kies, and
Venus fmiled, believing our Wreck inevitable. Our
Pilot, being now befide hinifelf, cry'd out, That he
could no longer oppofe the Violence of the Winds,
which fiercely drove us upon fome Rocks ; a Guft of
Wind broke our Main A'laft ; and a iMoment after,
we heard the Bottom of our Ship fplit againfl: the
craggy Points of the Rock. The \Vater enters at
feveial Places ; the Ship finks ; all the Crew rend th«^
Sky with lamentable Cries. I embraced Mentor, and
i'aid to him, Death is come; we mufl: receive it with
Courage ; the Gods have deliver'd us from fo many
Dangers, only to deftroy us this Day : Let us die,
O A'lenior ! let us die ! it is a Comfort to me that I.
die with you ; it were in vain to contend for our Lives
againft the Storm.

To this Mentor anfwer'd : True Courage finds
always fome Refource or other ; it is not enough to
expert Death calmly and unconcerned ; we ihould
alfo, without being afraid of it, ufe all our Endea-
vours to keep it oiF. Let you and I take one of
the Rower's Seats. "Whilft that Multitude of fear-
ful and troubled Men , regret the Lofs of their Lives,
Vv'ithout ufing Means to prcfervc them ; let us not
ibfe one Moment to fave omfelvcs. 7 hereupon he
took a Hatchet, and cut ofF the broken Maft, which
hanging into the Sea, made the Ship lean on one
Side. The Maft being thus fevered from its Stump,
he {hoved it out of the Ship, and leaped upon it
amidft the furious Waves. Then, calling me by
my Name, he encouraged me to follow him. As a

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BookVI. of rELEMACHUS. 149

p-reat Tree, which all the confederate Winds attack
in vain, and which remains unmoved, and fixed to its
deep Roots, fo that the Storm can only fhake its
Leaves : Thus Mentor^ not only relblute and coura-
geous, but alio calm and undifturbed, feemed to
command the Winds and Sea. I followed him; for,
who could not have followed, being encouraged by
Mentor ? And now we fleer our ourfelves upon the
floating Maft. It prov'd a great help to us, for we
fat a-ltride upon it ; whereas had we been forced to
fwim all the while, our Strength had foon been fpent.
But the Storm did often turn and over-fet this huge
Piece of Timber ; fo that, being plunged into the
Sea, we fwallowed large Draughts of the briny Flood,
which ran afterwards out of our Mouths, Ears and
Noftrils ; and we were forc'd to contend with the
Waves, to get uppermoft again. Sometimes alfo we
were over-whelm'd by a Billow as big as a Mountain,
and then we kept faft to the Maft, for fear that vio-
lent Shock fliould make us lofe hold of what was now
our only Hope.

Whilft we were in that dreadful Condition,
Mentor^ as calm and unconcern'd as he is now
upon this green Turf, faid to me, Do you think,
O Telemachus ! that your Life is at the Mercy of
the Winds and the Waves ? Do you believe, that
they can deftroy you, unlefs the Gods have order'd
it? No, no; the Gods over- rule and decree all
Things ; and therefore it is the Gods, and not
the Sea, you ought to fear. Were you in the deep
Bottom of the Sea, great Jove's Hand were able to
deliver you out of it ; and were you on the Top
of Olympus^ having the Stars under your Feet, he
could plunge you in the deep Abyfs, or hurl you
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150 7^ Adventures Book VI.

^own into the Flames of black 7artarus. I
liilened to, and admired his Speech, which gave
me a little Comfort ; but my Mind was not ca'ni
enough to anfwer him. We pafs'd a whole Night
■without feeing one another, trembling, and half
dead with Cold, not kno\\i.!g whither the Storm
would drive us. At length the Winds began to
relent, and the roaring Sea was like one who
having been a long Time in a great Paflion, has
almoll: fpent his Spirits, and feels only the Re-
mains of a ruffled Motion which draws towards
a Cairn : Thus the Sea grown weary, as it were,
of its own Fury, growled in hollow Murmurs,
and its Waves became little higher than the Ridgea
of Land betwixt two Furrows in a ploughed
Field.

in the mean time, bright Jurora^ with her
dewy Wings, came lo open the Gates of the Sky,
to introduce the radiant Sun, and feemed to pro-
mife a fair Day. All the Eaft was ftreaked with
ficry Beams ; and the Stars, which had fo . long
been hid, began to twinkle again, but withdrew as
foon as Phoebus appeared on the lightened Hori-
zon. We dcfcry'd Liind afar ofF, and the Wind
wafted us towards it. flereupon, I felt Hopes re-
vivmg in my Heart., but we faw none of our Com-
panions. It is probable, their Courage failed them,
and the Tempeft funk them together with the
Ship. "Being come pretty near the Shore, the
Sea drove us ag?.inft: the fharp Rocks, which were
like to have beat us to pieces j but we endeavour'd
to oppofe to them the End of our Maft, which
Mentor ufed to as much Advantage, as a wife
Stecrfman does the beft Rudder, Thus we efcap'd

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Book VI. ofrELEMACHUS. 151

thofe dreadful Rocks, and found, at laft, a clear and
eafy Cotfl, where we i'wam without any Hindrance,
and landed, at laft, on the Tandy Shore. There you
faw us, O great Goddefs ! You who reign over
this Ifland ; there you vouchfafed to receive and
comfort us.

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BOOK VII.

The ARGUMENT.

Calypfo admires Telemachus in his Adventures^ and
tries all Means to detain him in her IJland^ by en'
gaging him in an Amour with her. Mentor, by
his wife Counfels, fupports Telemachus againjl the
Artifices of that Goddcfs^ and againji Cupid him-
felf^ whom Venus had brought to her Afpjiance.
Neverthelefs^ Telemachus and the Nymph Eucha-
ris fon feel a ?nutual Pajfton^ which at firfi raifes
Calypfo'i fealoufy, and afterwards her Refcnttnent
againfl thofe tiuo Lovers. She fzvears by the Sty-
gian Lake^ that Telemachus Jhall go out cf her

Ifland„.

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Book. VII. T^e ADVENTVRis^Cfjc. 153

IJIand. Cupid goes to comfort her, and obliges her
Nymphs to Jet on fire a Ship hit It by Mentor,
juji as the latter was forcing away Telemachus,
to embark in it. Telemachus feels a fecret foy
at the burning of the Ship; which Mentor per-
ceiving, pujl)es him headlong into the Sea, and
throws himfelf in after him, in order, by fiuim-
ming, to get to another Ship, ivhich he perceived near
that Coafi.

%^^^t:i ELEMACHUS having ended his
^/S'^^'l^. Speech, all the Nymphs, whofe deep

„^ Attention had kept them motionlefs,
^m. with Eyes fix'd upon him, began to
^^^ look upon one another, and afk'd a-
mong themfeives, with Aftoni(hment,
who are thefe Men lb cherilh'd by the Gods ? Who
did ever hear fuch wonderful Adventures ? The Son
of Ulyfles does already furpafs his Father, in Elo-
quence, Wifdom and Valour. What a Look! What
Beauty ! What Sweetnefs ! What Modefty ! But
withal, What Noblenefs and Majefty ! If we did not
know him to be the Son of a Mortal, we might
eafily take him either for Bacchus, Aierctiry, or even
the great Apollo, But who is this Mentor, who looks
like a plain, obfcure, and ordinary Man ? When
one views him narrowly, there appears in him fome-
thing more than human.

Calypfo liflen'd to this Difcourfe, with a Concern
which Ihe could not conceal ; her Eyes inceflantly
wander'd from Mentor to Telemachus, and from
7ele7nachus to Mentor. Sometimes (he would have
Telemachus begin again that long Story of his Ad-
ventures ; then, on the fudden, (he check'd herfelf;
andj at laft, riling abruptly from her Seat, {he led
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154 7".^^ Adventures BookVII

Tele7?iachiis alone Into a Grove of Myrtles, wher^
Die ufed all her Arts to know from him, if Mentor
was not fome Deity conceal'd in human Shape f
Tdemachui could not fatisfy herj for Minerva^ who
accompanied him under the Shape of Mentor^ had
not difcover'd herfelf to him, by reafon of his
Youth, for file did not yet truft his Secrecy fo far,
as to make him the Confidant of her Defigns.
Befides, fhe had a mind to try him in the greateil:
Dangers ; and had he known that Minerva was
his Companion, fuch a Support would have made
him too prefuming, and he would have defpifed
the fierceft and moft dreadful Accidents, without
any Concern. Therefore he all along apprehended
Minerva to be indeed Mentor \ and all the Ar-
tifices of Calypfo could not difcover what fhe defir'd
to know.

In the mean time, all the Nymphs, gathering
round Mentor, took great Delight in afking him
Queftions : One of them afk'd him the Particulars
of his Travels into Ethiopia -y another defir'd to be
informed of what he had ken at Dainajcui ; and a
third afk'd him. Whether he was acquainted with
Vlyjjh before the Siege of Troy ? He anfwer'd every
one with gentle Courte fy ; and though his Words
were plain, yet were they full of Beauty. It was
not long before Calypfo reiurn'd and interrupted
their Converfation ; and whilft her Nymphs fell
to gathering of Flowers, finging all the while to
amufe Telemachus, fhe took Mentor afide, in order to
anake him fpeak, and difcover who he was. As the
foft Vapours of Sleep ^o gently glide into the heavy
Eyes, and wearied Limbs, of a Man quite fpent
with Fatigue; fo the flattering Words of the God-
4eii$ infumated ihemfelves, in order to bewitch the

Heait

Bcok VII. of TELE MACHUS. 1 55

Heart of Mentor j but ftill fhe met with Something
that baffled her EfForts, and mock'd her Charms.
Like a fteep Rock, which hides its proud Fore-
head among the Clouds, and defies the Rage of the
infuking Winds } thus Mentor^ unfliaken in his
wife Refolves, fufFer'd the prefling Importunities of
the inquiiitive Calypfo ; nay, fometimes he gave her
a Glimpfe of Hope, that fhe might enfnare him
with her Queftions, and draw forth the Truth from
the Bottom of his Heart : But in the inftant when
flie thought herfelf almoft fure to fatisfy her Curio-
fity, her Hopes vanifti'd away ; what ihe imagin'd
flie held fail, gave her prefently the flip ; and one
fhort Anfwer from Mentor threw her back into her
former Uncertainty.

Thus ihe fpent whole Days, now flattering Te^
lemachus^ and then endeavouring to take him away
from Mentor, from whom fhe defpair'd of ever
getting the Secret. She made ufe of her faireft
Nymphs to kindle the Fire of Love in young Tele-
machus's Heart, and a Deity more powerful than Ca-
lyp/o came to her Ailiftance.

Fenus, ftill full of Refentment for the Contempt
which Mentor and Telemachus exprefled of the VVor-
(hip that was paid her in the Ifland of Cyprus, was
enrag'd to fee that thefe two rafli Mortals had efcap'd
the Fury of the Winds and the Sea, in the late Storm
raifed by Neptune. She complain'd bitterly to Ju-
piter ; but the Father of the Gods, unwilling to
let her know that Minerva, in the Shape of Mentor,
had preferv'd the Son of UlyJJes, told her with a
Smile, That he gave her leave to revenge herfelf
of thofe two Men. She therefore leaves Olympus V
negledls the fweet Perfumes which are burnt on her
Altars at Puphos, Cythera, and Jtialia ; flies in her

I Chariot,,

156 7*-^^ Adv E NTURE s BookVIT.

Chariot, drawn by Doves ; calls her Son Cupid, anc),
with a P^ace full of Sorrow,, adorn'd with new Charms,
fhe thus befpeaks him :

Dolt thou not fee, my Son, thofe two Men, who
fcorn my Power and thine ? Who for the future
will worfhip us ? Go, and pierce with thy Arrows
thofe two infenfible Hearts : Defcend with me into
that Ifland, where I will difcourfe with Cahpfo^
She faid ; and cutting the yielding Air in a golden
Cloud, prefented herfelf to Calypjo^ who, at that
Moment, fat afene on the Edge of a Fountain, at
fome Diftance from her Grotto.

Unhappy Goddefs, faid The to her, the ungrate-
ful Ulyjfes has defpis'd and abandon'd you ; his Son,
ftill more cruel than his Father, is preparing to do
the fame : But Love himfelf is come to revenge
your Caufe. I leave him with you ; he may remain
among your Nymphs, as hercLofore young Bacchcts
was bred among the Nymphs of the ifle of Naxos.
Telemacbus w'lW look upon him as an ordinary Child j
and, not miflrufting him, will foon feel his Power.
She faid ; and re-aicending in the golden Cloud from
whence fhe alighted, fhe left behind her a fweet Smell
of Ambrofta, which perfumed all the Woods and
Thickets around.

Cupid remain'd in th^ Arms of Cnlypfo, who,
tho' a Goddefs, began to feel a fccrct Flame glide
thro' her Bofom. '[ o relieve herfelf, fhe preicntly
gave him to a Nymph who happen'd to be near her,
whofe Nam-e was hucbaris; but alas! how often did
jQie repent it afterwards ? At firft, nothing appear'd
more innocent, more gentle, more lovely, more in-
genuous, more obliging than this Child. By his
fprightly, flattering, and ever-fmiling Looks, one
would have thought he eould bring nothing but De-
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Book VII. of TELE MAC HUS, 157

light J but as foon as one began to truft his fond
Carelfes, there was found in them a ftrange Venom.
That malicious, deceitful Boy never flatter'd, but
with a Defign to betray ; and never fmil'd, but
at the cruel Mifchief he had done, or meant to
do. He durft not come near Mentor^ being
frighted away by his Severity ; befides, he was
fenlible. That unknown Perfon was invulnerable,
and not to be pierced by his Arrows, As for the
Nymphs, they foon felt the Flames that were
kindled by this treacherous Boy ; but they carefully
concealed the deep Wounds which fefter'd in their
Breads,

in the mean time, Telemachus^ feeing the B0.7
playing with the Nymphs, was furpriz'd with hrs
Beauty and Gentlenefs. He embraces him, fome-
times he takes him on his Knees, and fometimes in
bis Arms, fie feels within himfelf a fecret Un-
eafinefs, the Caufe of which he cannot difcover;
the more he indulges himfelf in his innocent Play,
the more he is diforder'd and foften'd. Do you fee
thofe Nymphs, faid he, to Mentor ? How different
are they from thofe Women c^ the Iile of Cyprus^
whofe very Beauty was offenfive, by reafon of their
Immodeity ! But thefe immortal Beauties difplay an
Innocency, a Moderty, a Simplicity, all over charm-
ing ! At \!wt{Q Words he blu(h'd ; but could not tell
why : He could not forbear fpeaking of them ; yet
no fooner had he began, but he wanted Power to
proceed. His Words were broken, obfcure, and
fometimes without Senfe or Meaning. Hereupon
Mentor faid to him, O Telemachus ! the Dangers
you efcap'd in the Ifle of Cyprus^ were nothing
compar'd with thofe which now you don't mtltruft,
bare-fac'd Lewdnefs ftrik.es Horror, and brutifli

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Impudence raifes our Indignation ; but modeft Beau-
ty is much more dangerous and enfnaring. When
we begin to love it, we fancy we are in love with
Virtue only ; and, by infenfible Degrees, we yield to
the deceitful Allurements of a Paffion, which we
can fcarce perceive, before it is almoft too fierce to
be extinguifti'd. Fly, my dear Telemachus^ fly
from thofe Nymphs, who are fo modeft and dif-
creet only to decoy you : Fly from the Dangers
your Youth expofes you to ; but above all, fly from
that Boy, whom you do not know. 'Tis Cupid
himfelf, whom his Mother Venus has brought into
this Ifland, to revenge the Contempt you teftified
for the Worfhip which was paid to her at Cythera.
He has wounded the Heart of the Goddefs Calypfo^
and made her paflionately in love with you ; he has
fir'd all thofe Nymphs that are now about him ;
and even Telemachus himfelf I Oh I wretched young
Man, you yourfelf burn, fcarcely perceiving your
own fecret Flame !

Telemachus often interrupted Mentor, faying.
But why fhall we not ftay in this Ifland ? Ulyjles ^^
is no longer among the Living, and muft certainly
have been a long time buried in the Waves; and
Penelope, feeing neither of us return home, can.
aever have been able to refift fo many Lovers ; and.
without doubt her Father Icarus has, by this Time,,
oblig'd her to marry a fecond Hulband. JShall I
return to Ithaca^ to fee her engaged in new Bonds,,
contrary to the folemn Faith fhe had plighted to my
Father ? The Ithacans have quite forgot Ulyjfes j,
and we cannot return thither, without run-
ning upon certain Death, fince Penelope's Lovers,
are already pofTefs'd of all the Avenues to the

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■ Port, to make our Deftruilion more fure at our Re-
' turn.

1 1 Mentor reply'd : Your Difcourfe is the Refult of
' a blind Paffion j with great Subtilty we fearch out

I' 9II the Reafons which feem to favour it, and with
BO lefs Gare we turn away our View from thofe
Y^hich condemn it 5 we employ all our Wit in de-
ceiving ourfelves, and ftifling thofe Remorfes which
I give a check to our Defires. Have you forgot all
I that the Gods have done, in order to bring you back
I into your own Country ? Which way did you come
out of Sicily ? Thofe Misfortunes which befel you
in Eyypt^ did they not turn on a fudden to your
Profperity ? What unfeen Hand fnatch'd you from
i all thofe impending Dangers which threaten'd your
Head in the City of Tyre? After fo many won-
derful Deliverances, can you be doubtful of what
the Gods have in ftore for you ? But what do I
fay ? You are unworthy of their Favours. For
I my own part, I will leave you, and foon quit this
Ifland. Biit you, O degenerate Son of fo wife
; and noble a Father ! you may lead here a foft, in-
glorious Life among Women ; and, in fpite of
Heaven, do what your Father thought unworthy of
him.

Thefe fcornful Reproofs ftung Telemachus to the
very Soul ; he felt bis Heart relenting at Mentor's
Words ; his Grief was mingled with Shame j he
' fear'd both the Departure and Indignation of fo
wife a Perfon, to whom he was (b very much oblig'd ;
but a new-born Paffion, with which he was but
Lttle acquainted, made him quite another Man,
What, faid he to Mentor^ with Tears in his Eyes,
do you reckon for nothing that immortal Life which
ibe G.oddeis oi&is me \ No, anfwer'd Mentor^ I

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make no account of any thing that is inconfiftent
with Virtue, and againft the fupreme Decrees of
Heaven. Virtue calls you back into your own
Country, that you may fee and comfort Ul)i[fes and
Penelope: Virtue forbids you to abandon yourfelf to
an extravagant Paffion : The Gods, who deliver'd
you from fo many Dangers, in order to make your
Glory fhine as bright as your feather's, the Gods,
1 fay, command you to quit this Ifland. Love alone,
that bafe Tyrant Love, can he detain you here ?
But what will you do with Immortality bereft \
of Liberty, Virtue and Glory ? This Sort of I
Life would ftill be the more wretched, by being ij
endlcfs. 'Tclejnachus anfv/er'd him only with Sighs ; j:
fometimes he wilh'd that Mentor had forc'd him -
away in fpite of himfelf from that Kland ; and
fometimes he wifh'd that Mentor's Departure had '
rid him of a troublefome rigid Friend, who was
ever reproaching him with his Weaknefs. Plis
Soul was continually diftradfed by various Thoughts ;
nor did he continue long in any one of them. His
Heart was like the Sea, which is tofs'd by contrary
Winds, that fport with its inconftant Waves. He
often lay ftretch'd at full Length and motionlefs on
the Sea-ftiore ; fometimes, in the Midft of fome
gloomy Wood, he Ihed a Flood of bitter Tears,
and cry'd like a roaring Lion : He was grown lean ;
his hollow Eyes were full of a devouring Fire ; and
by his pale, downcaft Looks, and disfigur'd Face,
one could never have thought he had been Telemachus,
His Beauty, his Gaiety, and bis noble Afpe6l, were
fled from him ; he was like a Flower, which being .
blown in the Morning, diffufes its Fragrancy around
the Field, but fades infenfibly towards the Evening ;
its lively Colours decay, it languifhes, it withers,

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Book VII. oftELEMACHUS. i6i

and its fine Top droops, and bears down the feeble
Stalk. Thus was the Son of VlyJJes brought to the
Gates of Death.

Mentor^ perceiving -that Telemachus was not able
to refift the Violence of his Paffion, bethought him-
felf of a Stratagem to deliver him from fo great a
Danger. He took notice that Calypfo was defperately
in love with Telemachus^ and that Telemachus was
no lefs taken with the Charms of the young Nymph
Eucharis; for cruel Ciipid^ to torment i\'iortals,
makes them feldom love the Perfon by whom they
are belov'd. Now, upon a Day, when Telemachus
was to go out a hunting with Eucharis, Mentor, in
order to raife Calypfo's Jealoufy, fpoke to her in thefe
Words : I find in Telemachus an eager Love for
Hunting, which I never perceiv'd in him before;
this Recreation makes him flight all other Pleafures j
he only delights in Forcfts and wild Mountains : Is
it you, O Goddefs, who have infpir'd him with this
ftrong Paffion ?

Calypfo was touch'd with cruel Vexation at thefe
Words, and was not able to contain herfelf. This
Telemachus, anfwer'd fhe, who defpis'd all the
Pleafures of the Ifle of Cyprus, cannot refift the
faint Charms of one of my Nymphs. How dares
he to boaft of fo many wonderful A6tions,
whofe Heart is fo fhamefully foftened by effeminate
Pleafures, and who feems to be born only to lead an
obfcure, inglorious Life among Women ? Mentor^
not a little pleas'd to find that Jealoufy began to
difturb the Heart of Calypfo, faid no more at that
Time for fear fhe fhould diftruft him ; he only ex-
prefs'd his Concern by his fad and down-caft Looks.
The Goddefs difcover'd to him her Uneafinefs at
gU thofe Things (lie had obferv'd, and rcnew'd her

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Complaints every Day : This Hunting-mafch, of
which Mentor gave her notice, rais'd her Fury to
the Heighth ; {he was told, that Tekmachus had no
other Defign in his Sports, than to withraw from
the other Nymphs, in order to converfe with Eu- I
charts alone. There was alfo a Talk, of a fecond
Hunting-match, wherein ftie forefaw he would be-
have as he had done in the firft. But to break Te-
Innachus's Meafures, fhe declar'd, that flie defign'd to
make one amongft them ; and then on a fudden, being
no more able to contain her Paflion, ftie fpoke to him
in thefe Words :

Is it for this, rafli young Mortal ! that thou art
come into my Ifland, efcaping the juft Wreck which j
Neptune prepar'd for thee, and the Vengeance of the ^
Gods ? Didft thou come mto this Ifland, which no
mortal ever dares to approach, only to defpile my Power,
and the Love 1 have exprefs'd for thee ? O I all ye
powerful Deities of Heaven and Hell, hear the Com-
plaints of an unfortunate Goddefs ! Haften to con- '■
found and deftroy this perfidious, this ung^^teful, this
impious Man ! Since thou art ftill mnre cruel ad
unjuft than thy Father, may thy Sufferings b( .r.i^re
cruel and lafting than his ; may'ft thou never i^e thy
Country again, that poor and wretched Ithuta, vvhich
thou haft not blufli'd bafely to prefer to Imma;taiiLy i
or rather, may'ft thou be deftroy'd in fighc ot it, in
the middle of the Sea ; and may thy Body become the
Sport of the Waves, and be caft on this fandy Shore,
without any Hopes of Burial ; may my Eyes fee it de-
vour'd by ravenous Vultures j may ihe whom you
love, fee it alfo ; yes, fhe Ihall fee it; that Signtfliall
break her Heart j and h«r Defpair Ihall be my Blifs
and Delight.

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Whilft Calypfo was thus fpeaking, her Eyes glow'd
and fparkled with Fire j her wild, diftraded Looks
were ever uiifteady ; they had fomething gloomy and
favage in them ; her trembling Cheeks were full of
Jivid Spots ; her Colour chang'd every Moment ; her
Face was often over-fpread with a deadly Palenefs; her
Tears did not flow (b plentifully as beforej their Springs
being in a great meafure dry'd up by Rage and Defpair,
lb thatfcarcely any bedew'd her Cheeks ; her Voice was
hoarfe, trembling, and broken. Mentor obferv'd the
different Motions of her Paflion, and fpoke no more
to Tele?nacbus j he us'd him as we do a Man defpe-
rately ill, and given over by the Phyficians ; yet would
often look upon him v/kh compafTionate Eyes.

Telernachus was fen able how guilty he was, and
unworthy of Menhr's Friendfhip ; he durfl not lift
up his Eyes, for I'car they fhould meet thofe of his
Friend, whofc \'ery. Silence condemn'd him. Some-
times he had a mind to embrace him, and confefs to
him how dee^ ty he was conccrn'd for his Fault ; but
ilili he was \ jtii-'ield, fometimes by amiuaken Shame,
fometimes by a i^ ear of doing more than he intended,
to avoid a Danger which ftem'd fo ^ieafmg to him ;
for he cojid not yet refolve within .iimfelf to conquer
Jiis fooliin Paiiion.

The Cj )vis and GoddefTes of bright Olympus, were
now r-iei together, ano wiih profound Silence kept
thei' £-;cs fixed on Caly'jo ^ fland, impatient to know
who would be vici;; us, Minerva or Cupid. The
God of Love, bv his .porting and playing with the
>iyjnp'is ii^^d let all the Ifland on Fire; and Minervat
under in<^ oiiape of Ale'Uor, employ'd Jealoufy, the
infeparaDle Coiap mion of Love againft Love himfelf.
Jupitc) re^oiv d to be only a Spectator of this Conteft,
and to Hand neuterj in the mean time, Eutharh^

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who was afraid to lofe Tefnelachus^ ufed a thoufand \
Arts to keep him in her Chains. And now fhe was
juft ready to go out a fecond time a hunting with him ;
her Drefs was exactly like that of of Diana \ Fenus
and Cupid had fupply'd her with new Charms, info-
much, that her Beauty then eclipfed even that of the
Goddefs Calypfo herfelf. Calypfo, feeing her afar off,
prefently turn'd her Eyes down to view herfelf in
one of her cleared Fountains ; and, being afham'd
of her own Face, flie ran to hide herfelf in the
remoteft Part of her Grotto, and talked thus to
herfelf:

In vain then have I endeavour'd to difturb the
Joys of thefe two Lovers, by declaring that I de-
iign'd to be one of the Hunters. Shall I go with
them ? Shall I be the Occafion of her Triumph ?
And fhall my Beauty ferve only for a Foil to her's f
Shall Teleniachus at the Sight of my Charms be ftill
more tranfported with thole of Euckaris f Oh \
wretched me ! what have I done ? Ns, I will not
go ; neither ihall they themfelves go ; I know well
enough how to prevent them. I'll go to Mentor^
I'll defire him to carry away Tele7nachus from this
Illand, and convey him to Ithaca, But what do I
fay ? And what murt become of forlorn me, when
Telemachus is gone ? Where am I ? O cruel Venus !
what fhall I do ? O Venus ! you have deceiv'd me !
What a treacherous Prefent you gave me ! Perni-
cious Boy ! Infe£lIous Love ! I gave thee free En-
trance into my Heart, only with the Hope of living
happy with Telemachus, and thou haft brought into
that Heart nothing but Trouble and Defpair. My
Nymphs have rebell'd againlt me ; and my Divinity
ferves only to make. my Miferies eternal. Oh { that I
«pouJd deftroy myfelf, to end my Sorrows ! But, O I

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Book VII. ofrELEMACHUS. i6^

Telemachiis ! fince I cannot die, thou muft. I will
be reveng'd on thy Ingratitude. Thy Nymph fhall
,be Eye-witnefs of it; I will ftrike thee to the Heart,
whilft fhe {lands by. But, whither does my raving
Paffion hurry me ? O unfortunate Calypfo ! What
meaneft thou ? Wilt thou deftroy a guiitlefs Youth,
whom thou thyfelf haft plung'd into this Abyfs of
Misfortunes ! 1 myfelf have conveyVJ the fatal Brand
into the chafte Bofom of T clemachits . How innocent
was he before ! How virtuous ! How averfe to Vice !
refolute againft fhameful Pieafures ! What made me

pojfon his Heart ? He would have abandon'd me.

Well ! (hall he not leave me now ? Or (hall

he ftay to defpife me, and make my Rival blefs'd ? —
No, no, 1 fufFer nothing, but what I have juftly de-
ferved. Go, dear Tehmachus^ go, crofs the Seas ;
leave Calypfo comfortlefs, whofe Life is a Burden to
her, and who cannot meet Death to eafe her Tor-
ments ; leave her, difcon folate, covered with Shame,
and full of Defpair, together with thy proud Eu-
chay'is.

Thus file fpoke to herfelf in her Grotto ; but
ruftiing out on the fudden, tranfported with impe-
tuous Fury, Where are you, O A4entor ! faid fhe?
Is it thus you fupport Tehmachus againft the Af-
faults of Vice, to which he is juft ready to yield ?
You fleep, whilft Love is bread awake to undo
him. I cannot bear any longer with that fhameful
Indifference you (hew. Will you always calmly
look on, and fee the Son of UlyJJes difgrace his Fa-
ther, and neglc£l the great Things to which he is
'deftin'd ? Is it you or me, whom his Parents
have entrufted with his Condu£l: ? I endeavour to
f^nd Remedies to cure his diftemper'd Heart, and
will you ftand idle and unconcerned ? There are in

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the remoteft Part of this Forefl-, tall Poplars, fit
for the Building of a Ship ; there it was U/x/ps built
that ii) which he failed away from this Ifl.ind.
You will find in the fame Place, a deep Cavern,
wherein are all manner of Inftruments neceflary to
cut out and join together all the different Parts of a
Ship.

She had fcarce utter'd thcfe Words, but flie re-
pented of them. Mentor did not lofe one Moment
of Time ; he went down into that Cave, found the
Tools, fell'd the Poplars, and in one Day equipp'd
and fitted out a Ship for Sea ; for Minerva % Power
and Indulby require but very litde Time to bring the
greatefl: Works to Perfc6tion.

Calypfof in the mean time, was under the moft
horrible Agony of Mind. On the one Side, fhe
was willing to fee whether Mentor^ Work went for-
ward ; on the other, flie could not find in her heart
to leave the Hunting-match, where Eucharis would
have enjoy'd the Company of Tclemachus^ in full Li-
berty. Her Jealoufy never fuficr'd her to lofe fight of
thofe two Lovers ; but at the fame time, fhe endea-
vour'd to turn the Chace towards that Place where (he
knew Mentor was building the Ship ; flie heard the
Strokes of the Hatchet, and Hammer ; flie liften'd ;
and every Blow flruck her with Horror. But then,
in the fame A'oment, fhe was afraid left the bufying
her Mind with Mentor^ fhould make her mifs fome
Look or Wink from Tcleiimchus to the youno^
Nymph.

In the mean time, Eucharis faid to Telemachus^
m a jeering Tone, Are not you afraid of being re-
proved by Mentor, for going out a hunting without
him ? Oh ! how you are to be pity'd for living un-
der f« rigorous a Mafler, whofc fevere Auik-iity

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Book VII. of rELEMACHUS, 167

nothing can mitigate ! He profefTes himfelf an Enemy
to all manner of Pleafure, and will not (uffer you to
enjoy any ; he condemns, as a Crime, the mod in-
nocent A(9:ions. You might be ruled by him, in-
deed, when you was not able to govern yourfelf;
but after you have fhew'd fo much Wifdom, you
fhould no longer fuffer yourfelf to be us'd as a
Child. Thefe crafty Words funic deep into Te/e-
machus's Heart, and fill'd it with Indignation againft
Mentor^ whofe Yoke he was willing to /hake off.
He fear'd to fee him again, and was fo perplesc'd,
that he return'd Eucharh no Anfwer. After they had
fpent the Day in Hunting, and in perpetual Con-
ftraint ; at laft, towards the Evening, they return'd
home through that Part of the P'orefl-, near which
Mentor had been working all Day. Calypfo faw
afar off the Ship compleatly built, and at that Sight
her Eyes were overfpread with a thick Cloud, like
that of gloomy Death, Her trembling Knees gave
way, and funk beneath her Body: A cold, damp
Sweat feiz'd all her Limbs : She was forc'd to ]ean on
the Nymphs that flood about her ; and, as Eucharis
reach'd her Hand to fupport her, fhe put it back with
a dreadful Frown.

Telemachus^ who faw the Ship, but did not fee
Mentor^ who was already gone home, having juft
finifli'd his Work, afk'd the Goddefs, who it
was that own'd that Ship, and for what \iic it
was defign'd ? She was at firft puzzled for an
Anfwer; but, awhile after, fhe faid, I caus'd it to
be built to fend away Mentor \ you'll not be trou-
bled any longer with that fevcre Friend, who
thwarts your Happinefs, and would grow jealous of
you, if you fhould become immortal. Mentor for-
fake me ! I am undone ! cry'd Tele?nachtis. O Eii^

1 6$ iJpg Adventures Book Vlf.

charts, if Mentor abandons me, 1 have no Friend
left but you. Having let thefe Words fall in the
Tranfport of his Palfion, he faw prefently how
much his Rafhnefs was to blame ; but he was not
at liberty enough to think on their Meaning at
firft. All the Company was frlent, and full of Sur-
prife. Eucharis hluih'd, and caft her Eyes down;
fhe ftaid behind the reft fpeechlefs, not daring to
fliew herfelf: Yet, whilft her Face was overfpread
with Trouble and Confufion, fhe felt a fecret Joy
in her Heart. As for TeUmachus, he could not un-
derftand himfelf, nor think he had fpoke fo indif-
creetly ; what he had done feem'd to him as a Dream,
but fuch a Dream as fill'd him with Perplexity and
Uneafmefs.

Calypfo, more fierce and wild than a Lionefs that
has her Whelps taken from her, ran up and down
the Foreft, without knowing whither fhe was go-
ing. At laft, fhe found herfelf at the Entrance
of her Grotto, where Alentor expected her. Go
out of my Ifland, faid fhe, you Strangers, who
came hither to trouble my Repofe : Av/ay with
that young Fool : And you, old Dotard, fhall feel
the Power of an enrag'd Goddefs, unlefs you carry
him away this very Moment. 1 will fee him no
more ; nor fhall any of my Nymphs fpeak to him,
or fo much as look upon him. I fwear it by the
Stygian Lake ; an Oath which makes the Gods
themfelves tremble. But know, Tele?nachus ! that
thy Misfortunes are not at an end : No, ungrateful
Wretch, if I turn thee out of my Ifland, 'tis only
that thou may'ft become a Prey to new Difaftcrs.
I fhall be reveng'd ; thou fhalt repent the Lofs of
Calypfo^ but all in vain; Neptune^ flill angry at
thy Father who offended him in Sicily^ and follicited
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Book VII. of 'T ELEMACHU S. 169

by Venus^ whom thou did'ft defpife in the Ifle of
Cyprus, prepares new Storms for thee. Thou
fhalt fee thy Father, who is IHll alive j but thou
fhalt fee him without knowing him. Thou ihalt
not fee him at Ithaca, until thou haft been the

Sport of moft cruel Fortune. Depart I

conjure the celeftial Powers to revenge me! May'ft
thou, in the Middle of the raging Sea, hangthunder-
ftruck on the (harp Point of a Rock, invoking in
vain Calypfoy v/hom thy juft Puniftiment will fill with

Joy.

Having fpoke thefe Words, her troubled and
perplexed Mind was ready to recall what fhe had
i'aid, and put her upon Refolutions quite oppofite
to the former. Love reviv'd in her Heart the
fond Delire of ftaying Telemachus : Let him live,
faid {he to herfeif; let him ftay here; perhaps he
may at laft be fenfible how much I have done for
him. Eiichar'n cannot beftow Immortality upon him
as I can. Oh ! too blind Calypjo, thou haft betray'd
thyfclf by thy hafty Oath; thou ftandcft now en-
gag'd, and the Stygian Waves, by which thou haft
fworn, IcKve thee p.o manner of Hope. Thefe Words
were heard by no-boJy ; but one might fee the Pi6lure
of a Fury in her ghaftly Face, and all the peftilential
Venom of black Cocytus feem'd to reek out of her
Heart.

Telemachus v/as feiz'd with Horror : She perceiv'd
it ; for, what can be hid from jealous Love ? Tele-
7nachus's Difordcr redoubled the Tranfporto of the
Goddefs. Like a furious Prieftefs of Bacchus, who
fills the Air with frightful Roarings, and makes the
Thracian Mountains rcfound with her Shrieks : Thus
Calypj'o roves about the Woods with a Dart in her
Hand, calling all her Nymphs, aad thrcatnlng to pierce
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170 The Adventures BookVIT.

any one that (hall refufe to follow her. Frightned
by thefe Threats, they all crowd after her ; even
Eucharis advances with Tears in her Eyes, keep-
ing her Looks fix'd at a Diftance upon TeUmachus^
but not daring to fpeak to him any more. The
Goddefs fhivered when fhe faw her near her, and
far from relenting upon that Nymph's Submiflion,
fhe felt a new Fury when fhe pcrceiv'd, that even
Grief and AfHidlion ferved to heighten the Beauty of
Eucharis.

\n the mean time, Tekmachus continued alone with
Mentor: He grafps his Knees, not daring either to
embrace him, or look upon him ; he Ihed a Flood
of Tears ; he offers to fpeak, but his Voice fails him ;
Words fail him yet more ; he knows neither what he
is doing, nor what he ought to do, nor what he would
do. At lart, he cries out. Oh my true Father ! Oh
Mentor ! deliver me from my Miferies ! I cannot leave
you, neither can I follow you. Oh I deliver me out
of all thefe Troubles ; rid me of myfelf ; and give mc
prefent Death.

Alentor embraces him, comforts him, encourages
him, teaches him how to fupport himfelf, without
indulging his fond Paffion, and fays to him, O I
Son of the wife Ulyffes, whom the Gods have loved
fo much, and whom they love flill, 'tis that very
Love that makes them expofe you to fuch terrible
Miferies. Whoever is unacquainted with his own
Weaknefs, and the Violence of his Paflions, can-
not be called wife ; for he is iWW a Stranger to his
own Heart, and has not learned to diflruft himfelf.
The Gods have conducted you, as it were, by thg
Hand, to the very Brink of a Precipice, to let yo
fee the immenfe Depth of it, without fuffering yo
to fall into it j therefore, conceive nov/ what yo

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Book VII. ofTELEMACHUS. 171

could never have comprehended, unlefs you had
experienc'd it yourfelf. You ufould in vain have
been told of the Treacheries of Love, who flatters
in order to deftroy ; and who, under an outward
Sweetnefs, conceals the moft dreadful and unplea-
fant Bitternefs. That lovely Boy, all over Charms,
is come hither, attended by the Sports, the Smiles,
and the Graces ; you have feen him, he has robbed
you of your Heart, and yourfelf were pleafed with
this Robbery. You liiboured to find Pretences ta
conceal from yourfelf the feiiering Wound of your
Heart ; you endeavoured to deceive me and yourfelf j
you feared nothing; fee nov/ the £ffe61: of your
Raftinefs : You now call upon Death as the only
Remedy of your Ills. The diftemper'd Goddefs is
like one of the infernal Furies ; Eucharis is confum'd
by a Fire, a thoufand times more cruel than all the
racking Pangs of Death ; all thofe jealous Nymphs
are ready to tear one another to Pieces ; and io !
this is the V/ork of that Traytor, Love, for all he
appears fo gentle and inoffenfive. Summon all your
Courage to your Affillance. O how highly are you
belov'd by the Gods, fmce they furnifli you with (o
fair an Opportunity to fly from Love, and to return
to your dear native Country. Calypfo herlelf is forged
to fend you away ; the Ship is quite ready ; why do
we delay to quit an Illand where Virtue cannot
dwell ?

As he fpoke thefe laft Words, Mentor took him
by the Hand, and puU'd him along toward the Sea-
fhore. Telemachus follow'd him unwillingly, Itill
looking behind him. He kept his Eyes fixed upon
Eucharis. who went away fiom him ; and though he
could not fee her Face, yet he vicw'd v^ith Admi-
ration her fine Hair, ty'd behind, her loofe Gar-
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172 The Adventures Book VII.

ments playing with the Wind, and jher noble Gait.
He would gladly have kifled the very Ground on
which fhe went; and, even when he loft fight of
her, he ftill liften'd, thinking that he heard her Voice.
Tho' abfent, he faw her ftill j her living Picture was
prefent to his Eyes j he even imagined he fpoke to
her, not knowing where he was, nor heeding what
Mentor faid to him.

At laft, when he began to recover, as if waked
out of a profound Sleep, he faid to Alentor^ I am
Tefolv'd to follow you, but I have not yet taken my
Leave of Eucharis. I had rather die, than thus un-
gratefully to forfake her : Stay, I befeech you, till I
have feen her once more, and bidden her an eternal
Farewel ; at leaft, fuffer me to fay to her. Oh
Nymph ! the cruel Gods, the Gods jealous of my
Happinefs, force me away from you, but they may
fooner put a Period to my Life, than ever blot you out
of my Memory. Oh Father! either grant me this
laft and juft Confolatidn, or tear away my Life from
me this Moment. No, I vi'ill neither ftay in this
Ifland, nor abandon myfelf to Love j I have no fuch
Paffion in my Breaft, I only feel the Impulfe of Friend-
fhip and Gratitude for Eucharis : I only defire to bid
her once more adieu, and then I'll follow you without
delay.

How much I pity you! anfwer'd Mentor; your
Paflion is fo fierce and violent, that you are not
fenfible of it. You think you are calm and com-
pos'd, and yet you call upon Death ; you boaft
that you are not conquer'd by Cupid^ and yet you
cannot leave the Nymph you love ; you fee and
bear nothing but her, and are blind and deaf to
every thing elfe. You are like a Man, who, being
^Iclirious through a violent Fever, cries he is not

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Book VII. ofrELEMJCHUS. 173

fxck. Oh blind Telcmachus ! you were ready to re-
nounce your Mother Penelope., who expeds you 5
Ul^ilJeSy whom you fhall Tee again j Ithaca^ where
you ftiall be a Kingj and finally, thofe great Ho-
nours, and that high Fortune, which the Gods
have promifed you by thofe many Wonders they
have done in your favour : All thefe Advantages
you were going to renounce, to lead an inglorious
Life with Eucharis. Will you ftill pretend, that it
is not Love that binds you to her ? VVhat is it then
that difcompofes you ? VVhat makes you be willing
to die? Why did you fpeak with fo much Tran-
fport before the Goddefs ? I do not charge you with
Diflimulation, but I lament your Blindneis. Fly,
oh Telcmachus ! fly ; for Love is not to be con-
quer'd, but by Flight : With fuch an Enemy, true
Courage confifts in fearing and in flying, with-
out any Deliberation, or fo much as looking behind
one. You have not forgot what Care I have taken
of you from your Infancy, and what Dangers you
have efcaped by my Counfels j either be ruled by
me, or fuffer me to leave you. Oh ! if you knew

Tiow much I grieve to fee you thus rufh on your
own Ruin, and how much I have fufFer'd during:

, the tnne that I durft not fpeak to you ! the Pangs
your Mother felt when fhe brought you forth, were
nothing in comparifon of mine. I held my Tongue ;
I fed upon my own Grief, and ftifled my Sighs, to fee
whether you would return to me again, O my Son,
my dear Son, eafe my opprefs'd Heart ; reftore to
riie what 1 hold dearer than my own Bowels ; re-
ftore to me my loft Telemacbus ! reftore yourfelf to
yourfelf. If Wifdom can prevail over Love in
your Breaft, I fliall then live and be happy : But if
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1 74 '^^s Adventures Book VII.

Love hurries you away in dcfpite of Wifdom, Men-^
tor can no longer live.

Whilft Mentor was thus fpeaking, he went on his
Way towards the Sea ; and Telemachus^ who was
not confirm'd enough in his new Refolution lo fol-
low him of his own Accord, was yet willing to fuffer
himfelf to be led away without i^efiftance. Minerva,
who ftill conceal'd herfelf under the Shape o\Mentor^
covering Telcmachus with her invincible Shield, and
fpreading round him Beams of divine Light, made
him feel a refolute Courage, the like of which he
had not experienced during his Abode in that Ifland.
At laft they arriv'd at a very fteep Rock on the Sea-
Ihore, which was continually buffetted by the foam-
ing Waves. From this Height they look'd to fee
whether the Ship Mentor had built was in the fame
Place, but beheld a difmal Spe6lacle.

Cupid was highly incenfed, not only at the un-
known old Man's Jnfenfibility, but alfo at his rob-
bing him of Telemachus ; his Vexation wrung Tears
from him, and made him run to Calypfo, who wan-
der'd up and down the gloomy Forelts. She could
not behold him without groaning, and felt her
wounded Heart bleeding afrefh. Cupid thus accofts
her : You are a Goddefs, and yet you fuffer your-
felf to be conquer'd by a feeble Mortal, who is a
Prifoner in your Ifland ! Why do you let him go ?
Oh unlucky Boy, anfwer'd fhe, 1 will no more
give ear to thy deftrudlive Counfels \ it is thou haft
broken my foft and profound Tranquillity, and cafl
me into a bottomlefs Abyfs of Mifery. It is now
part recall j fince I have fworn by the Stygian Flood
to let Telemachus go. Jove himfelf. Almighty Jovey
the Father of the Gods, dares not to break that

dreadful

Book VII. of rELEMACHUS. 175

dreadful Oath, But as Telemachus goes out of my
Ifland, go thou away too, pernicious Boy, for thou
haft done me more Mifchief than he.

Cupid^ having wip'd away his Tears, with a
fcornful, malicious Smile, faid, Truly, this is a
might Bufinefs to be puzzled at! leave all to my
Management ; keep^'our Oath, and do not oppofe
Telemacbus's Departure. Neither your Nymp'is nor
I have fworn by the Stygian Flood to let him go. I
will infpire them with the Defign of burning that
Ship which Mentor hath built fo expeditioully. His
Diligence, which fill'd you with Wonder, wilK be
altogether vain ; he ihall have Reafon to vvo!ider
hirnfelf in his Turn, and fhall have no Means left to
take away Teleftiachus from you.

This flattering Speech convey'd pleafing Hope.s
and Joys into the very Bottom of Calypjh's Heart,
and allay'd the wild Fury and Defpair of the God-
defs ; jufl as a cooling Breeze, which blows on the
grafly Margin of a purling Stream, refrefhes the
languifliing Flocks, fcorch'd by the Summer's fultry
Heat. Her Afpe61: became clear and ferene ; the
Fiercenefs of her Eyes was foftened ; thofe black
Thoughts, and carking Cares, which prey'd upon
her Heart, fled from her for a Moment ; (he ftopt,
Ibe fmil'd. fhe carefs'd the wanton Cupid, and, by
carefling him, prepar'd new Torments for herfelf.

Cupid, well pleas'd with having perfuaded Calypfo^
flew inftantly in order to perfuade the Nymphs,
who were wandering and difpers'd up and down the
Mountains, like a Flock of Sheep, which the Rage
of ravenous Wolves hath frighted away from their
Shepherd. Cupid gathers them together, and tells
them, Telemachus is ftill in your Hands ; haftc, and
let devouring Flames confume the Ship which theirafh

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176 The Adventures Book VII.

Mentor has built to favour his Efcape. Immediately
they light Torches, run towards the Sea-fhore, and
they tremble, fill the Air with dreadful Ho\vlings»
tofs about their difhcvel'd Hair, like frantic Baccha-
nals, And now the greedy Flames devour the Ship,
which burns the more fiercely, as fhe is made of dry
Wood, daub'd over with Rofin ; and rolling Clouds
of Smoke, ftreak'd with Flame, afcend the Skies.

Telernachus and Mentor beheld this Conflagratioa
from the Top of the Rock j and as Tele?nachns heani
the Shoutings of the Nymphs, he was almoft tempted
to rejoice at it, for his wounded Heart was not yet
cured ; and Mentor perceiv'd that his Paflion was like
a Fire not quite extinguifti'd, which breaks out by
Fits, from beneath the A(hes that cover it, and cafts
forth bright Sparks. Now, faid I'elcrnachus^ muft I
return to my former Engagements, fince we have no
Hopes left of quitting this Ifland.

Mentor plainly perceiv'd, that Telemachits was go-
ing to relapfe into all his Follies, and that he had not
one Moment to lofe. He efpy'd afar off, in the main
Sea, a Ship that flood fHll, not daring to approach
the Shore, for all Pilots knew that the Ifle of Calypfo
v/as inaccefTible to Mortals. At that very inflant,
the wife Mentor pufhing Telemachus^ who fat on the
Edge of the Rock, caft him down into the Sea, and
fhrew himfelf after him. TelemacJms^ amaz'd and
flunn'd by his violent Fall, drank large Draughts of
briny Water, and was for a v,;hile tofs'd about by the
Waves ; but at lafl coming to himfelf, and feeing
Mentor, who reach'd him his Hand to help him to
fwim, he thought of nothing but flying from the fatal
Ifland.

The Nymphs, v.'ho expe6ted to have kept them'
Pafoners, burft forth into the mofV furious Exclama-
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Book VII. of TELEMA CHUS. 177

tions, being enraged at the Difappointment in not be-
ing able to prevent their Flight. The difconfolate
fa/ypfo return'd to her Grotto, which (he fiU'd with
hideous Shrieks. Cupid, who faw his Triumph,
turn'd into a (hameful Defeat, (hook his Wings, and
through the yielding Air fiew to the facred Grove of
Idalia, where his cruel Mother expedled him. The
Son, ftill more cruel than the Mother, comforted
himfelf with laughing with her at all the Mifchief he
had done.

As Tekmachus went farther ofF from the Ifland, he
felt, with fecret Pleafure, both his Courage and. his
Love for Virtue reviving in his Heart. I am fenfible,
cry'd he to Mentor, of what you told me, and which
I could not believe for want of Experience : There's
no way to conquer Vice, but by flying from it. Oh
Father ! how kind were the Gods to me, when they
gave me your Affiftance ! I deferve to be depriv'd of
it, and to be left alone to myfelf. I fear now, neither
Sea, nor Winds nor Storms ; I am only afraid of my
own Paffions i Love alone is more dangerous than a
thoufand Wrecks.

The END tfthe SEVENTH BOOK.

Is THE

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

TELE MA C H US.

BOOK VIH.

The ARGUMENT.

Adoam, Brother to Narbal, proves to be the Comman-
der of the Tyrian Shlp^ vuhere Mentor and Tele-
machus are kindly received : That Captain knowing
Telemachus again^ related to him the "Tragical Death
of PygmaHon and Aftarbe, and the Advancement of
Baleazar, whom the Tyrant his Father had difgracd
at the Inftigation of that lewd JVonian. During a
Repaji made for Telemachus and Mentor, Achi-
toas, by the Melody of his Voice and Harp, draws the

Tri"

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Book VIII. the Adventures, ^c, 1 79

Tritons, Nereids, and other Sea-Deities around the
Ship. Mentor taking a Lute into his Hand^ Jirikes
it much finer than Achitoas. Adoam afterwards re-
lates the JVonders of Bcetica, and defcribes the mild
Temperature of the Air^ and the other Beauties of
that Country .i whofe Inhabitants lead a peaceable Life
with great Simplicity of /Manners.

HE Ship that flood ftil!, and towards
which they fwam, was a Phenician
Veirel bound to Epirus. Thofe who
were aboard her, had feen Telema^
chus^ in his Voyage to Egypt, but
but could not know him again in
the Midft of the Waves. As foon as iVIentor came
within hearing, he raifed his Head above the Water,
and with a ftrong Voice cry'd to them, O Phenicians!
you, who are ever ready to afford Succour to all Na-
tions, do not refufe to give Life to two Men, who
expedl it from your Humanity. If you have any^
Refpe£l for the Gods, receive us into your Ship ;
we will go along with you where-ever you go. The
Commander of the Ship anfwer'd. We will receive
you with Joy, tor we are not ignorant how we ought
to relieve Strangers in your unfortunate Condition.
So th< y inftantly took them up into the Ship.

They were fcarce got into ner, but their Breath
being quite fpent, they funk motionlefs ; for they
had fwam a long while, and flruggled hard with the
fierce Waves. By degrees tiiey recovered their
Spirits; they had other Cloaths given them, for t. 'ir
own weie foat^'d thro' by th': briny Water, which
ran down on every iide. As loon as they were able
to ipeak all ifiC Phtnicians crowded eai^erly about
thv.mj defiring to knjw their Adventures. The

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Commander afk'd them, How could you enter the
Ifland from whence you came? It is i'aid to bs pof-
fefs'd by a cruel Goddefs, who never fuffers any Mor-
tal to land there ; befides it is encompalled with
frightful Rocks, againft which the Sea rages in vain,
and cannot be approach'd without fufFering Shipwreck.
Mentor anfwer'd, We were drove upon that
Coaft by a Storm j we are Grecians ; the Ifle of
Ithaca^- which lies near Epirm (whither you are
bound) is our Country, if you. are unwilling to
touch at Ithaca^ which is in your Way, we are
contented to be carrii;d into Epirus, where we fliall.
find Friends who will take care to furnifli us with-
all Neceffaries for our fhort PafTage from thence to
Ithaca ; and we fhall for ever be oblig'dto you for
the Happinefs of feeing again what we hold moit
dear in the World.

All this while Teleynachm was filent, and let Men-
tor fpeak ; for the Errors he had committed in the
Ifle oi Cuhpjo had made him much wifer; he di-
ftrufted his own felf ; he was fenfible how much he
continually wanted the prudent Counfels of Men-
tor ; and, when he could not fpeak to him to afk his
Advice, he confulted his Eyes, and endeavoured to
guefs at his Thoughts.

The Phenician Mafter of the Ship, looking fled-
faflly upon Tcle?nachus^ fancied he had feen him fomc-
vvhere, but 'twas a confufed Remembrance, whiclv
he knev/ not how to clear. Give me lea.ve, faid he
to TelernachtiSy to alk you whether you remember you
have fecn me before \ for methinks I recolledl my
having feen you elfewhere ^ I am no Stranger to
your Face ; it made an Impreflion on me at firfl
fight ; tho' I cannot tell where I have feen you.
Perhaps your Memory will help out mine.

Ttle-

Book VIII. ofTELEMACHUS. igi

Telemachus anfwer'd him, with Surprize blended
with Joy ; when firft I look'd upon you, I was as
much puzzled about your Face as you are about mine,
I'm fure I have feen you ; I know you again, but
cannot call to mind, whether 'twas in Egypt or
at Tyre. Thereupon, the Phen'ician^ like a Man
v/ho wakes in thq ' Morning, and, who, by degrees,
calls back the fugitive Dream that vanifhed away
at his waking, cry'd out on a fudden. You are Tele-
hmachusj whom Narbal took into his Friendfhip
when we rGturn'd from Egypt : I am his Brother of
whom he has undoubtedly fpoken to you often. I left
you with hirn, after the Expedition into Egypt. I was
under a Neceffity of going to the farthelt Seas, into
the famous Bcetica, near the Pillars of Hercules ; fo
that I did but juft fee you, and 'tis no wonder I was
fo puzzled to know you again at firft fight.

1 perceive, anfwer'd Telernaclna, that you^ are
Jdoam : I had but a Glimpfe of you at that time,
but I knew you again by the Difcourfe I had with
Narbal. Oh ? how am I fiU'd with Joy to hear
Mews of a Man who fnall ever be fo very dear to
me ! Is he ftill at Tyre ? Is he expos'd to the bar-
barous Treatment of the fufpicious and barbaroua
Pygmalion ? Adoatn^ interrupting him, faid, Know,
oh Telemachus ! that Fortune has entrufted you
with one who will take all the Care imaginable of
you. I will carry you back to Ithaca^ before I go
to Epirus, and Narhals Brother will love you noi.
. lefs than Narbal himfelf. Having thus fpoken, he
took notice that the Wind, for which he waited,
began to blow ; whereupon he gave Orders for
weighing Anchor, and unfurling of the Sails ; which
done, the Rowers ply'd their Oars amain,, and cut

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1.82 *I"he Adventures Book VIII.

the yielding Flood. After that he took Telemachus
and Mentor afide.

I am going, faid he, addrefling himfelf to Tele-
machuSf to fatisfy your Curiofity : Pygmalion is no
more ; the juft Gods have rid the World of himj
as he trufted no A'lan, no Man could truft him:
The Good were contented to groan in Silence,
and fly his Cruelties, without endeavouring to do
him any Hurt ; the Wicked thought they had no
other way to fecure their Lives, than by putting a
Period to his. There was not one Tyrian but who
was every Day expofed to fall a Sacrifice to his Dif-
truft. His very Guards were more expofed than
any body elfej for his Life being in their Power,
he fear'd them more than all the reft of Mankind,
and, upon the leaft Sufpicion, he facrific'd them to
his Safety; feeking Security thus violently, he could
no-where find it j fmce thofe who were the Tru-
ftees of his Ivife, being in continual Danger from his
Diltruftfulnefs, could not deliver themfelves from
fuch an horrible Situation, but by preventing
the Tyrant's cruel Jealoufies, and putting him to
Death."

The impious Ajiarhe^ whom you have fo often
heard mention'd, was the firft who refolv'd upon
the Death of the King. She was paffionately in
love with a young Tyr'tan^ Joazar by Name, a
Man of great Wealth, whom ihe hoped to place on
the Throne. The better to fucceed in her Defign,
fhe perfuaded the King, that the eldelt of his two
Sons, nam'd Phadael, impatient to wear the Crown,
had confpir'd againft his Life, and procur'd falfe
Witnefles to prove the Confpiracy, fo that the un-
happy Father put to death his innocent Son. "J he
fecond, named Bakazar, was fent to Samos, under

pretence

Book VIII. of tELEMACHUS, 183

pretence of learning the Manners, Cuftoms, and
Sciences of Greece ; but, indeed, becaufe AJiarbe-
fuggefted to the King, that his Safety rcquir'd he
Ihould be removed from Court, for fear he fhould
enter into Combinations with the Malecontents.
As foon as he had put to Sea, thofe who commanded
the Ship, being corrupted by that cruel Woman,
contrived it fo as to be fhipwreck'd in the Night ;
and having caft the young Prince overboard, they
faved their Lives by fwimming to other Barks that
attended them.

In the mean time, Pygmalion was the only Perfon
that was unacquainted wub AJiarbe'^ Amours; for
he fancied (he would never love any Man but him j
and that diftruftful Prince was blinded by Love to
fuch a degree, that he repofed an entire Confidence
in that wicked Woman. At the fame time, his
extreme Avarice put him upon feeking Pretences
to make away with Joazar, whom Aftarhe loved
with fo much Pailion. All his Thoughts were
how to feize upon the vaft Riches of that young
Man

But while Pygmalion was thus a Prey to his
Diftruft, his Love, and his Avarice, Ajiarbe thought
it convenient to put him to death with all Speed,
She was apprehenfive of his having difcover'd her
infamous Amours with this Youth ; and befides,
fhe knew the King's covetous Temper was a fuffi-
cient Motive to put him upon exercifmg his Cruelty
upon Joazar ; and therefore fhe concluded fhe had
not one Moment to lofe to prevent him. She faw
the chief Officers of his Houfhold willing to im-
brue their Hands in the King's Blood ; fhe heard
every Day of feme new Confpiracy or other, but
(he was afraid of trufting any body, left Ihe fliould

be

I §4 T'/'^ Adve N T u RES Book VIII.

be betray 'd. At laft, fhe thought it mofl fafe to poi -
ion Pygmalion.

He ufed mofl: commonly to eat in private with
her; and drefs'd all his Victuals with his own Hands,
not daring to truft any body elfe ; he locked him-
felf up in the remoteft Part of his Palace, the bet-
ter to conceal his Diftrefs, and that he might not
be obferv'd whilll he was drefling his Vicftuals. He
depriv'd himl'elf of all Dainties and Delicacies, be-
ing afraid to tafl^e of any thing v.'hich he could not
drefs himfelf. Thus, not only all manner of Meats
drefs'd by his Servants, but alfo Wine, Bread, Salt,
Oil, Milk, and other ordinary Aliments, were no
longer of any ufe to him. He lived only upon
Fruit, which he gathered with his own Hands in
his Garden, or Pulfe and Roots, which he had
fow'd and cook'd himfelf. Finally, his Drink was
nothing but Water, which he drev/ out of a Foun-
tain within his Palace, and of which he always
kept the Key. Although he feem'd to confide (o
entirely in /Ijlarhe^ yet he ufed all pofTible Precau-
tions againft her ; he always caufed her to tafl:e of
every thing that was ferv'd at his Table, that he
might not be poifon'd without her, and that all
Hopes of furviving him might be taken away from
her. But, to baffle this Precaution, fhe took an
Antidote, which an old Woman, ftill more wicked
than herfelf, and the Confidant of her Amours,
furnifh'd her with : After which, fhe poifon'd the
King without any Dread, in this Manner ;

Juft as they were going to fit down to take their
Repaft, the old Woman, of whom I fpoke before,
came on a fudden, and made a great Noife at one of
the Doors : The King, who was ever in fear of
beipg aflaflinatedj flarts up in Diforder, and runs to

that

Book VIII. cfrELEMACHUS. 185

that Door, to fee whether it was faft enough : The
old Woman makes off, the King remains full of
dreadful Apprehenfions j and though he knew not
what to think of the Noife he had heard, yet he
durft not open the Door to be informed. Aftarhe
cheers him up, and with fond Careffes perfuades
him to eat : Now, whiift the King was gone to
the Door, fhe had put Poifon into his golden Cup,
and fo when he bid her drink firfl:, according to
his Cuftom, {he obey'd without any Fear, trufting
to the Antidote. Pygjiialion drank alfo, and a little
while after fwoon'd away. Jjiarbe, who knew
his cruel Temper, and that he would kill her upon
the leaft Sufpicion, begins to rend her Cloaths,
tears off her Hair, and bemoans herfelf in a moft
hideous manner ; fhe clafped and hugged the dying
King in her Arms, and bathed him in a Flood of
Tears ; for this cunning Woman had always Tears
at command. At laft, when flie perceiv'd that the
King's Strength and Spirits were exhaulled, and
that he was even in the Agonies of Death, for fear he
ftiould recover and force her to die with him, fhe
gave over her endearing Fondnefs, and the tendereft
Marks of Love, and, having put on the moft hor-
rid Cruelty, rufli'd upon him with Fury, and
itifled him. Afterwards fhe pluck'd the Royal
Signet off his Finger, took the Diadem from his
Head, and called in Joazar^ to whom fhe gave
them both. She fancied that all thofe who had
been attach'd to her before, would not fail to coun-
tenance her Paffion, and that her Lover would be
proclaim'd King ; but thofe who had been moft
forward in humouring her, were mean and merce-
nary Souls, and therefore incapable of a iincere and
cenftant Affection, Befides, they wanted Courage

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i86 y^f Ad VENTUR Es Book VIII.

and Refolution ; and fear'd not only AJiarbe\ Ene-
mies, but ftill more the Haughtinefs, DifTimula-
tion, and Cruelty of that impious Woman ; ib
that all wifh'd her Death to fecure their ov/n Lives.
In the mean time, a dreadful Tumult fills the
whole Palace j The King is dead ! The King is
dead! is' tbe general Cry: Some are frighted, others
run to Arms ; all feem apprehcnfive of the Confe-
quences, but yet overjoy'd at the News ; bufy
Fame carries it from Mouth to Mouth, throughout
the great City of Tyre ; but not one Man is found
that laments the King. His Death is at once the
Deliverance, and the general Comfort of all his Sub-
jedls.

Narbal, deeply affected with fo terrible an Acci-
dent, dcplor'd, like a good Man, Pygma/iofi's Mis-
fortune, who had betray'd himfelf by committing
his Safefty to the impious Jjlarbe j and had chofen
to be an inhuman Tyrant, much rather than the
Father of his People, which is a Duty incumbent
on a King. He therefore confulted the Good of
the State, and haften'd to afTemble all good and
public-fpirited Men to oppofe AJlarbe^ under whom
they were like to fee a more cruel Government, than
that to which fhe had put a period.

Narbal knew, that Baleazar was not drown 'd,
when he was thrown into the Sea ; and thofe who
aflur'd AJlarhe that he was dead, did it only upon a
mere Conjecture : But, by the Favour of the Night,
he fav'd himfelf by Swimming ; and certain Cretan
Merchants, mov'd with Compaffion, receiv'd him
into their Bark. He durft not return into his Fa-
ther's Kingdom, fufpeCting with Reafon, that his
Shipwreck v as contriv'd by his Enemies; and fear-
ing no lei's the cruel Jealoufy of Pygmaimi., than

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Book VIII. Gf TELEMACHUS. 187

the Artifices of Aftarbe. He remain'd a long while
wandering in Difguife on the Sea-Coaft of Syria^
where the Merchants of Crete had left him : And,
to get a Livelihood, he was reduc'd to the Condition
of a Sheplierd. At laft he found means to let Nar~
bal know what Condition he was in, for he could
not but think his Secret and his Life fafe with a Man
of his untainted Virtue and Integriety. Narbaly
though ill-us'd by the Father, had neverthelefs a
Love for the Son, over whofe Interefts he conftantly
kept a watchful Eye ; but he took care of them only
to hinder him from failing in his Duty to his Father,
and he perfuaded him to bear patiently his evil For-
tune.

Baleazer had writ to Narbal^ that if he thought
it fafe to come to him to Tyre, he (hould fend him
a Gold Ring, upon the Receipt of which, he would
immediately come and join him. ISlarbal did not
judge it convenient to invite Baleazer to come whilft
Pygmalion was alive, for by that means he would
have brought both that Prince's Life, and his own,
into certain Danger ; fo difficult a thing it was to
guard againft Pygmalion's rigorous Inquiries. But,
as foon as that wretched Prince had met with a
Fate fuitable to what his Crime deferv'd, Narbal
fent the gold Ring to Baleazer with all fpeed. Upon
the Receipt of it, Baleazer came away immedi-
ately, and arriv'd at the Gates of Tyre, when all
the City was in an Uproar about PygTnalions Succef-
for. Baleazar was foon acknowledg'd by the chief
Citizens of Tyre^ and by the whole Populace. He
was belov'd, not upon the Account of the late King
his Father, who had the univerfal Hatred, but be-
caufe of his own Moderation, and Sweetnefs of
Temper. Even his long Sufferings endued him.

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i88 ^he Adventures , Book VIII.

with a fort of Glory which heighten'd all his good
Qiialities, and foften'd the Hearts of all the Tyrians
in his Favour.

Narbal aflembled all the chief Men among the
People, the old Men of the City-Council, and the
Priefts of the great Goddefs of Phenkia. They
faluted Baleazer as their King, and caus'd him to
be proclaim'd by the Heralds. The People anfwer'd
them with repeated Acclamations, which reach'd
the Ears of Ajiarhe^ In the remoteft Part of the Pa-
lace, where fhe was lock'd in with her bafe and in-
famous yoazar. All thofe wicked Men, whom fhe
had made ufe of during Pymalions Life, had already
forfaken her ; for the Wicked do naturally hate and
fear the Wicked, and never wifh to fee fuch in Au-
thority, becaufe they know what wrong Ufe they
would make of their Power, and how tyrannically they
would exert it. As for good Men, the Wicked think
them better for their Turn, becaufe they hope at
leaft to find in them Indulgence and Moderation.
Jjlarbe had no- body left about her, but fome noto-
rious Accomplices of her enormous Crimes, who
were continually in fearful Expedation of their de-
ferved Punifhment.

The Gates of the Palace being broke open, thofe
profligate Wretches durft not make a long Refiftance,
and only endeavour'd to run away. Ajlarbe^ in the
Habit of a Slave, would have made her Efcape
through the Crowd j but, being difcover'd by a Sol-
dier, fhe was prefently fecur'd, and it was with much
ado that Narbal kept her from being torn to Pieces
by the enrag'd Multitude, who began already to drag
her along in the Dirt. In this Extremity fhe defir'd
to fpcak with Balcazar^ hoping fhe might dazzle
him by her Charms^ and excite an Expedation that

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Book VIII. of TELEMACHUS. 189

fhe would difcover fome important Secrets to him.
Bakaxar could not but admit her, to hear what fhe
had to fay ; and at firft, beiides her Beauty {he dif-
play'd fuch Sweetnefs, and gentle Modefty, as would
have melted the fierceft Anger. She flatter'd Bale-^
azar with the moft delicate and moll infinuating
Praifes ; fhe reprefented to him how much Pygmalion
loved her; fhe conjur'd him by his Father's Afhes,
to take pity on her : She invok'd the Gods, as if fhe
had paid a fincere Adoration to them ; fhe fhed Floods
of Tears ; flie grafp'd the Knees of the new King ;
but afterwards fhe ufed all poffible Arts to render his
befl-afFedted Servants fufpeiled and odious to him.
She accufed Narbal of having enter'd into a Confpi-
racv againfl Pygmalion^ and endeavouring to draw in
the People to make himfelf King, in prejudice of
Baleazar : She added, that he defign'd to poifon that
young Prince. She forged the like Calumnies to af-
perfe all the reft of the Tyrlans, who were addicted
to Virtue. She hop'd to have found the Heart of
Balea-zar fufceptible of the fame Diftruft and Sufpi-
cion, which flie had found in the King his Father :
But Baleazar not being able to bear any longer with
the black Malice of that wicked Woman, he inter-
rupted her, and call'd for a Guard to fecureher. She
was fent to Prifon ; and the wifeft among the ancient
Men were commilTion'd to examine into all her Ac-
tions.

They dllcovcr'd with Horror, that fhe had poifon'd
and ftified Pygmalion ; and the whole Courfe of her
Life appear'd to be a continued Series of mcnftrous
Crimes. They were ready to fentence her to i'ufFer
the Punifhment which is inflifted on the greatefl
Criminals in Pheriicia^ that is, to be burnt alive by
a lingering Fire j but, when fhe found file had no

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tpC) ^l'^ Ad V ENTURES Book VIII.

manner of Hopes left, fhe became fierce and mad
like a Fury conne from Hell , and fwallow'd down
a Poifon which flie us'd to carry about her, with
defign to make away with herfelf, in cafe they
fhould put her to lingering Torments. Thofe who
guapded her, took notice that (he was in violent
Pain, and ofFer'd to give her Eafe ; but flie would
never return them any Anfwer, only by Signs fhe let
them underftand that fhe would receive no Relief.
They mention'd to her the juft and avenging Gods,
whom fhe had provok'd ; but inftead of fhewing
any Trouble or Sorrow, as her Crimes required,
fhe look'd up to Heaven with Scorn and Arrogance,
as it were to infult the Almighty Powers. The
Image of Rage and Impiety was imprelTed on her
agonizing Countenance ; nor was there the k-aft Re-
mainder of that excellent Beauty which had been
the Deflrudion of fo many Men ; all her Graces
were blotted out; her Eyes, diverted of their Luflre,
rolled about in their Orbits, witli wild and favage
Looks ; a convulfive Motion (hook her Lips, and
kept her Mouth open hideoufly wide ; all her Face,
fhrivell'd and contradled, exhibited the moft ghaftly
Grimaces j a livid Palenefs and a mortal Chilnefs
had feiz'd all her Limbs ; fometimes fhe feem'd to
gather frefh Spirits, and come to herfelf again, but
it was only a faint Struggle of Nature, which fpent
itfelf in hideous Howlings ; at laft fhe expir'd,
leaving all the Spe6iators full of Horror and Fear.
"Without doubt, her impious Ghoft went down into
thofe Places of Sorrow, where the cruel Danalds
do eteri;ally draw Water in bored Veffels ; where
Ixion perpetuaily turns his Wheel ; where Tontalus,
parch'd with 'ihirfl, can never catch the wanton
Water that flies his eager Lips j where Sifyphus vainly

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BookVIIL cfTELEMACHUS. 191

rolls up to the Top of a Mountain, a Stone which
tumbles down again continually j and where Titha
will for ever feel a Vulture preying upon his grow-
ing Liver.

Baleazar^ being deliver'd from this Monfter, re-
turn'd the Gods Thanks by immediate Sacrifices.
His Condudi, at the Beginning of his Reign, was
the Reverfe of Pygmalmis ; he applies himfelt to the
reviving of Trade, which languifli'd and decay'd
more and more every Day ; he confults with Narbal
about the moft important Affairs, and yet is not
govern'd by him ; for he will fee every thing with
his own Eyes ; he hears every-body's Opinion, and
afterwards determines according to that which appears
to him to be beft He is generally beloved by his
People, and, being Mafler of their Hearts, he enjoys
more Riches rhan ever his Father heaped up with
his infatiable and cruel Avarice \ for there is not a
Family, but what would part v.'ith all they have,
if he happen'd to be reduc'd to a prefling Neceflity.
Thus, what he fuffers them to enjoy is more at
his command, than if he fhould forcibly take it from
them. He needs not ufe any Precaution, or to be
follicitous to fecure his Life ; for he has always the
fafeft Guards about him, which is the Love of all
his Subjedls ; every one of them being afraid to lofe
him, and therefore willing to hazard his own Life
to preferve that of fo good a King, He lives happy
with his People ; and all his People live happy under
him. He is tender of burdening his People ; and
they are afraid of giving him too fmall a Part of their
Eftates. He lets them live in Plenty, and yet this
Plenty makes them neither refradlory nor infolent ;
for they are laborious, addidted to Trade, and
ftedfall in preferving the Purity of their ancient

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Laws. Phenicla has now recover'd the utmoft Height
of her Greatnefs and Glory ; and it is to her young
King file owes fb much Profperity. Narlal governs
under him. O Tele?nachus ! were he now to fee you,
with how much Joy would he load you with Prefents !
What a Pleafure would it be to him to fend you back
into your own Country in State and Magnificence !
Am I not then very fortunate in doing what he could
wifh to do himfelf, in going to the Ifle of Ith&cay
there to place on the Throne the Son of Ulyjes^ that
he may reign there, as wifely as BaUazar reigns at
Tyre?

Adoayn having thus fpoken, Telemachus^ charm'd
with his Story, and much more with the Marks of
Friendfhip he had received from that Phenidan in his
Misfortunes, embrac'd him with great Tendernefs
and Affedion. Afterwards, Adoam afk'd him, what
extraordinary Adventure had brought him into the
Ifland of Calypjo ! Telarwchus, in his Turn, gave
him the Story of his Departure from T\re^ and his
going over to the Ifle of Cyprus : He related to him,
his meeting again with Mentor ; their Voyage into
Crete j the public Games for the Ele£lion of a new
King after Idornencus^s Flight ; the Refentment of Ve-
nus ; their Shipwreck ; the Pleafure with which Calypjo
received them ; the Jealoufy of that Goddefs againlt
one of her Nymphs ; and Mentors throwing his
Friend into the Sea, as foon as he efpy'd the Phenician
Ship.

After thefe Difcourfes, Adoam caus'd a magnifi-
cent Entertainment to be ferv'd up ; and the better to
exprefs. his exceflive Joy, he procur'd all the Diver-
fions that could be had. Whilit they were at Table,
attended by yonngPhemcian^oys, clad in white, v.-ith
Garlands of Flowers on their Heads, the mofl exquifite
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Perfumes of the Eaft were burnt. All the Rowers
Seats were fiU'd with Muficians, playing on the
Flute. Achhoas now and then interrupted them,
by the fweet Harmony of his Voice and his Lyrcj,
fit to entertain the Gods at their Revels, and even
to ravifh the Ears of Apollo himfelf. The Tritonsy
the Nereids^ all the Deities who obey the Command
of Neptune^ and the Sea-Monfters themfelves forfook
their deep watry Grottos, and came in Shoals round
the Ship, charm'd by this divine Melody. A Com-
pany of young Fhenician Boys, of excellent Beauty,
and clad in fine Lawn, whiter than the driven Snow,,
danc'd for a long time feveral Dances of their own
Country j afterwards they danc'd after the Eg-^p-
tian A'lanner, and laft of all after the Grecian. At
proper Intervals the loud Trumpets made the Waves
refound with their Clangor as far as the diftant
Shore. The Silence of the Night, the Stilnefs of
the Sea, the trembling Light of the Moon, which
play'd on the Surface of the Waves, and the fhaded
Azure of the Skies, ftudded with glittering Stars,
ferv'd to heighten the Nobleiiefs and Majefly of the
Scene.

Telejiiachus, being of a fprightly Difpofition, and
very perceptive, rclifli'd all thofe Pleafures with De-
light ; but he durft not indulge himfelf too far in the
Enjoyment of them. Ever fince he had experienc'd,
with fo much Shame, in Calypfo's ifland, how. ready
Youth is to be inflam'd, he was fhy and afraid, eveifi
of the moft innocent Pleafures, and fufpedted every-
thing. He look'd upon Moitor^ and confulted hii
Face and his Eyes, to know what he ought to tWnk
of all thefe Pleafures.

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1^4 T^^ xA. D VE N Tu R E s Book VIII.

Mentor was not a little pleas'd to fee him in
that Perplexity, but made as if he did not take no-
tice of it. At laft, mov'd with Telemachns's Mo-
■deration, he faid to him with a Smile, 1 perceive
what you arc afraid of, and cannot but commend
your P'ear ; but, however, you mult not carry it too
iar. No Man can vvilh you more earneftly than I
the Enjoyment of Pleafure, provided it be fuch
Pleafuie as will not hurry you to Excefs, nor emaf-
culate your Nature. You muft have Divcrfions ;
but they fliould be fuch as recreate and delight you,
jiot fuch as cnfiave you : I would recommend to you
foft and gentle Diverfjons, fuch as will never de-
grade the reafonable Soul, and transform you into a
wild beaft. It is now very proper that you fhould
refrelh yourfelf, after all vour Trouble and Fatigues;
relifh, with a grateful Complaifance to Jdoam, all
thofe Enjoyments he ofters you. Rejoice, O Tele-
tnachusy and be merry. Wiidom is neither morofe,
auftere, nor affected : It is fhe yields true Fleafurts j
ihe alone knows how to feafon and temper them, fo
as to make them pure and lading ; Ihe knows how
to mix Mirth and Sports with the mofl important
and ferious Afl'airs. She prepares us for Pleafure by
Labour, and refrefhes the Hardfliips of Labour by
Pleafure. Wifdom is not afham'd to be gay, when
it is needful.

Having fpoke thefe Words, Mentor took up a
Harp, and touch'd it with fuch exquifite Art, that
Achitom^ flung with Jealoufy, let his drop out of his
Hands ; his Eyes fiaQi'd Eire ; his troubled Counte-
nance changed Colour j and every body would have
takqn notice of his Pain and Confuiion, hut that i
at the fame Moment Mentor ^ Harp ravifli'd the j
gouls of all that were prefent. No Man hardly durll:

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Book VIII. oj ^ELEMACHUS. 195

draw Breath, for fear of breaking in upon the pro-
found Silence j and fo lofing fomething of the divine '
Melody ; all wer€ ftill in Pain, left he fhould end it
toofoon. Mentors Voice had no efFeminate Soft-
nefs, but was flexible, ftrong, and movingly exprefs'd
the minuteft Things.

He fung, at firft, the Praifes of mighty Jove, the
Father and King of Gods and Men, who with a
Nod fhakes the whole Univerfe : Afterwards, he
reprefented Minerva coming out of his Head, that
is, Wifdom, which that God moulds within him-
felf, and which iflues from him, to inftrucl thofe
who are willing to be taught. Mentsr fung all thefe
Truths in fuch pathetic and lofty Strains, and with
fuch divine Devotion, that the whole Ailembly
thought themfelves tranfported to the very Top of
Olympus, in the Prefence of Jupiter, whole Looks
are more piercing than his Thunder. Next to
that, he fung the Misfortune of young NarciJJlis,
who, being fondly enamour'd with his own Beauty,
which he was continually viewing in a Fountain,
confum'd himfelf with Grief, and was chang'd into a
Flower that bears his Name. Laftly, he fung the
fatal Death of fair Adonis^ torn in pieces by a wild
Boar, and whom Venus, tho' paflionately doating on
him, could never bring to Life again, with all the
bitter Complaints fhe put up to Heaven.

None of thofe who heard him were able to
contain their Tears ; and every one felt a lecret
Pleafure in Weeping. When he had done finging,
the Phenicians look'd upon one another full of
Amazement. One faid, this is Orpheus ; for tluis
with his Harp he us'd to tame the favage Beafts,
and draw after him both Woods and Rocks; 'tis
thus he enchanted Ccrbcrusy fufpendcd for a while
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the Torments of Ixion, and of the Danaids^ and
prevail'd with the inexorable Pluta, to confent to
the Releafement of the fair Eurydice. Another
cry'd, No, 'tis Lhius^ the Son of Apollo \ another
anfwer'd, You are miflaken ; this muft be Apollo
himfelf. Tclemachush Surprize was Httle lefs than
that of the reft ; for he never knew before, that
Mentor could play on the ha.p with fo much
Maflery, and fmg fo divinely. Achitcas, who had,
by this Time, thrown a Lloak over his Jealoufv,
began to give Mentor thofe Commendations he de-
ferv'd ; but he could not praife him wichout blulliing,
neither was he able to finifh his Difcourfe. Mentor^
who faw his Confufion, began to interrupt him, and
endeavour'd to comfort him by giving him all the
Praifes he deferved. But Achitoas received no Con-
iblation ; bccaufc he peiceiv'd that Mentor furpafs'd
him yet more by his Modefty, than by the Charms
of his Voice.

In the mean time, TcJemachus faid to Adoatn, I re-
member )'ou fpoke to me of a Voyage you made into
Bactica, after we left Egypt \ and becaufe Bretica is a
Country, of which common Fame relates fo many
incredible Vv^onders, vouchfafe to tell me whether
all that is faid of it be true. I will gladly, reply'd
Adoam, give you a Defcription of that famous
Country, which deferves your Curiofity, and which
far furpafTes whatever Fame proclaims about it j
whereupon he thus began :

The River Bosth runs through a fruitful Land,
blels'd vv'ith a temperate, and ever ferene Sky,
The Country has its Name from the River, which
difcharges its Waters into the great Ocean, near the
Pillars of Hercules, and not far from that Place
where the furious Sea, breaking through its Bajiks,

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Book VIII. of rELE MA C H U S. 197

divided heretofore the Land of Tarfts from Great
Africa. This Country feems to have . preferv'd the
Delights of the Golden Age. Here the Winters are
mild, and the herce Northern Winds never blow ;
the fcorching Heat of the Summer is ever allay'd
by refrefliing Zephyrs., which rife towards Noon
to cool tile fultry Air ; fo that the whole Year is
but a happy Marriage of th& Spring and Autumn,
which feem ever to go hand in hand together.
l"he Land, both in the Valleys and the Plains,
yields every Year a double Harvefl ; the Roads arc
hedg'd with Bay-Trees, Pomegranate-Trees, Jeira-
mines and other Trees, ever green and ever in
BlolTom. The Hills are overfpread with numerous
Flocks of Sheep, whofe fine Wool is a choice Com-
modity among all the Nations of the World.
There are a great many Mines of Gold and Silver
in this beautiful Country j but its rude Inhabitants,
contented and happy with their Plainnefs, difdain ro
count Gold or Silver among their Riches, and only
value what is really neceflary to anfwer the Exi-
gencies of human Nature.

When we firft began to trade with that Nation, we
found Gold and Silver employ'd among them about:
the fame Ufes as Iron; as for Example, for Ploiigh-
ftares. As they had no foreign Trade, fo tncy
wanted no Coin. A'lofl of them are either Shep-
herds or Hufbandmen : Artificers and Trudernuit
there are but few in this Country ; for they only to-
le/ate thofe Arts which fupply the Necefuries of
Life ; and befides, though moft of the Inhabitas'ts
either follow Agriculture, or the tending of Herds
and Flocks, yet they are fkill'd in tho;'e Arts which
are requifite to the Support of their plain and frugal
way of Living. The Women fpin that filky Wool

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J 98 The Adventures Book VIII.

I told you of, and make of it extraordinary fine StufFs
of a marvellous Whitenefs ; they bake the Bread,
drefs the Victuals ; and ail thofe Labours are eafy to
them, for in this Country their ordinary Food is
Fruit and Milk, and very rarely Flcfli ; out of the
Leather of their Sheep-fkins, they make thin Shoes
for themfelves, their Huibands, and ^heir Children,
they make Tents, fome of wax'd Skins, and others
of Barks of Trees ; they make and wafli all the
Garjnents of the Family, and keep the Houfes in
wonderful Order and Neatncfs. Their Cloaths are
eafily made ; for in this mild and happy Climate,
they only Vv'ear a thin and light Piece of Stuff, nei-
ther cut nor few'd, and which, for Modefty's Sake,
every one laps about his Body in long Folds, and in
what Form he pleafes.

The Men, befides Hufbandry, and the tending
of their PIcrcIs and Flocks, have no other Art to
exercife,, but the working and fafliioning of Wood
and Iron ; and even in thcfe they feldom make any
u-fe of Iron, unlefs it be for Tools neceflary for Agri-
culture. All thofe Arts which refpe£i: Architedture,
are altogether ufelcfs to them ; for they never build
Houfes. It argues, fay they, too great a Fondnefs
for the Earth, to build a Dv/elling upon it, much
more lafting than one's felf ; it is fufficient to have a
Shelter againft the Injuries of the Weather, As for
all other Arts, fo much efteem'd among the Grecians,
the Egyptians, and other civiliz'd Nations, they abhor
and dtteft them, as the Inventions of Vanity and
Luxury.

When they hear of Nations that have the Art
of ereding {[ately Buildings, of making Gold and
Silver Iloulhold Goods, Stuffs adorn'd with Em-
broidery and precious Stones, exquifite Perfumes,

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Book VIII. of t RLE MAC BUS. 199

delicious and dainty Difhes of Meat, and Inftruments
of jMufic, whofe Hainiony inchants the Soul, they
anfwer in thefe Words : Thoi'e Nations arc very ui -
happy, thus to beftow fo much Time, Labour, and
Induflry, upon the corrupting of themfelvcs. Thole
Supeifluities foften, intoxicate, and torment the Pof-
feilbrs of them, and tempt thofe that are deprived of
them, to acquire them by Injuftice and Violence. Can
that Superfluity be call'd a Good, which ferves only
to make Men wicked ? Are the Men of thofe Coun-
tries more found, ftrong, and robuft than we? Do
they live longer ? Are they better united among them-
felves ? Is their Life more free from Cares, more ca'm,
and more chearful ? Nay, on the contrary, they
muft needs be jealous of one another, devour'd by
fhameful and gloomy Envy, ever difquieted by Ambi-
tion, Fear and Avarice ; and incapable of enjoying
plain, unmix'd, and folid Pleafures, fince they are
SJaves to fo many imaginary Neceffities, in which
alone they place all their Felicity. Thus it is, con-
tinued Jdoam, that thefe wife men fpeak, who owe all
their Wifdom to their diligent Study of fimple Nature ;
they have an Abhorrence for our Politcnefs, and it
muft be confefs'd, that there is fomething great ia
their amiable Simplicity : They live all together, with-
out dividing their Lands ^ every Family is govern'd by
its Chief, who is real King of it. The Father of the
Family has the Power to panifh any of his Children,
or Grand-children, that is guilty of an evil Adlion ;
but before he inflii^s the Punifhment, he advifes with
the reft of the Family. 'Tis rare indeed, that there
is any Occafion for PuniHiment ; for Innocence of
Manners, Integrity, Obedience, and Abhorrence of
Vice, dwell in this happy Place ; and one would think,
Jjlraaj who is faid to have fled to Heaven, lies yet
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200 T'be Adventures Book VIII.

conceai'd here among thefe PeopiC. Tliere is no need
of Judges amoagft them, for their own Confciences
judge them. All their Goods are in common j the
Fruits of the Trees, the Grain and Pulfe of the
Earth, the Milk of the Herds are fo abounding, that
a People fo fohcr and moderate have no Occafion to
divide them. Each Family, wandering up and down
in this happy Country, carry their Tents from one
Place to another, when they have eaten up the Paftu-
rage, and confum'd the Fruits of that Part where they
were feated before ; lb that having no private Interefts
to maintain one againil t'other, they all love one ano-
ther with brotherly Love, which nothing can impair
or break in upon ; tis the Contempt of vain Riches
and of deceitful Plcafures, which coiilirms them in this.
Peace, Union, and Liberty. They are all free, and
all equal.

Theie is no other Diftincllon among them, except
what is allow'd to the Experience of the fage old A4en,
or to the extraordinary Wifdom of f^me young Men,
who being accomplifh'd in all Virtue, are equal to the
Elders. The cruel Outcries of Fraud, Violence, Per-
jury, Law fuits, and Wars, are never heard in this
Country, cheriih'd by the Gods. No human Blood
ever ftain'd this Land ; nay, even the Blood of Lambs
is feldom fpilt in it. When thefe People hear of bloody
Battles, rapid Conquefts, ftate Revolutions, which are
frequent in other Nations, they ftand perfedlly amaz'd.
What, fay they, are not Men fubjedl enough to Mor-
tality, without infli£ting on one another a violent and
baiiy Death ? Does Life, which is fo fhort, feem to
them too long ? Are they fent here upon Earth to tear
one another to pieces, and to make themlelves mutu-
ftlliy m.ilei;i,ble ?

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Book VIII. of TELEMACHVS, 201

Yet farther, thefe People of Bceiica cannot conceive,
why thofe Conquerors, who fubdue great Empires,
(hould be fo much admir'd. What Madnefs is it, fay
they, for a Man to place his Happinels in governing
others, which is fo painful an Office, if it be executed
with Reafon, and according to Juftice ? But what
Pleafure can be taken in governing them againft their
Confent ? All that a wife Man can do, is to take upon
him the governing of a docile People, whom the Gods
have committed to his Care, or a People who entreat
him to be their Father and Shepherd ; but to govern
Men againft theirWill, is to make one's felf moft mi-
ferable, only to gain the falfe Honour of keeping them
in Slavery. A Conqueror is a Man whom the Gods,
being provoked at the VVickednefs of Men, have fent
in their Wrath upon the Earth, to lay Kingdoms
wafte, fpread every- whereTerror, Mifery, andDefpair,
and to make as many Slaves as there are Freemen. Is-
it not Glory enough for a Man, that thirfts after Fame,,
to rule thofe with Prudence whom the Gods have put
under him ? Does he think he cannot merit Praife,
unleis he becomes violent, unjuft, infulting, ufurping,,
and tyrannical over all his Neighbours i* War fhould
never be thought on, but for the Defence of Liberty^
Happy he, who being a Slave to no Man, has not the
mad Ambition of making another Man his Slave*
Thofe mighty Conquerors, whom they reprefent to us
with fo much Glory, are only like overflowing Rivers,,
which appear majeltic, but deftroy all the fertile Fields
which they Ihould only refrefh.

After Jdoa?n had given this Defcription of BceUcc:<y
Telemachus^ charm'd with his Relation, afk'd him fe-
veral curious Queftions. Do ther^ People, faid he,,
drink Wine? They are fo far from drinking it, re-
ply'd Adoam^ that they never cjre to make any j not
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202 T;^^ A D V E N TU R ES Book Vlll.

that they want Grapes, fince no Country whatfoever
produces more delicious j but they content themfelves
with eating Grapes, as they do other Fruits ; and
dread Wine as the Corrupter ot Mankind. 'Tis a kuid
of Poifon, fay they, which railcs Madnefs. It does
rot directly kill a Man, indeed, but it makes him a
Beaft. Men may preferve their Health and Strength
without Wine ; and with it they run the rifk of lohng
their Health, and deftroying their Morals.

Then, faid Tclemachus^ 1 would fain know what
Laws are obferv'd relating to Marriages in this Nation.
No Man, reply'd Adoain^ can have more than one
Wife, whom he niuft keep as long as fhc lives. The
Honour of the Men in this Country depends as much
on their Fidelity to their Wives, as the Honour of the
Women depends, in other Countries, on their Fide-
lity to their Hufbands. Never were People fo honeft,
nor fo inviolably chafte. The Women here are beau-
tiful and agreeable, but plain, modeft, and laborious.
Marriage here is peaceful, fruitful, and fpotlefs. The
HufDand and Wife feem to be but one Soul in two
Bodies ; they bear an equal Part in all domeftic Cares;,
the Hufband manages all theConcerns abroad, the Wife
keeps clofe to her HoufewiiVy at home ; (he comforts
her Hut'bund, and feems to be made only to help and
pleafure him ; (he gains his Confidence, and contri-
butes kfs by her Beauty, than her Virtue, to heighten
the Charms of their Society, which endure as long as
they live. Sobriety, Temperance, and Purity of
Manners, make the Lives of thefe People not only
long, but free from Difeafes. Here are Men of an
hundred, and of an hundred and twenty Years old,
who are yet hearty and chearful.

One Thing more that 1 want to know, added Te~
UrJMibuSy iS, how they avoid going to War with their

Neighbours*

Book VIII. of TELE MACHUS. 203

Neighbours. Nature, faid Adoam^ has feparated them;
from other People, on one Side by the Sea, and oa
the other Side by high Mountains towards the North.
Befides this, the neighbouring Nations bear them
great Refpeift, on account of their Virtue ; and when;
they tall out among themfelves, they frequently malce
choice of thefe People to determine their Diiterences >
and have often entrufted to them the Lands and Towns
that were in difpute among them. As this Natiort
iTever committed any Violence, no body diftrults them.
They laugh, when they hear of Kings who cannot:
fettle and adjuft among themfelves tlie Frontiers of
their Territories. Is it poffible, fay they^ for Men to-
fear they fhall ever want Land ? There will ever be
more than they can cultivate : And, as long as there
fliall remain free and wafle Lands, we would not
io much as defend our own Bgainft fuch of our
Neighbours, as fhould ftrive to take them from us^
Pride, Arrogance, Treachery, and the Luft 01 Do-
minion, were never heard of among the Inhabitants of
Bcetica ; fo that their Neighbours never have Occafioa
to fear fuch a People, nor can they ever hope to make.
fuch a People fear them, which is the Reafon. tivat
they never molell them. Thefe People would fooner
forfake their Country, or meet their Death, than fub-
mit themfelves to Slavery.. Thus they are as difficult
to be enflav'd, as they are incapable of defiring to
enflave others : Which caufes fo profound a Peace be-
twixt them and their Neighbours.

Adoam ended this Difcourfe, with an Axcount of
the Manner of Traffic between the Phenkians and
thofe of Boetica. Thefe People, faid he, were amaz'd
when they faw ftrange Men come from fo far on the
Waves of the Sea. They fuffer'd us to lay the Foun-
dation of a City in the Iflc of Gades. They evej^ re-

ceJLvcd

204 'i^^^ A DV"E N T u R E & Book "VIII.

ceived us amongfl themfelves with great Kindnefs, and:
gave us part of all they had, without taking any
Payment for it. Moreover, they oli'er'd us all that,
was left of their Wool, after they had fufficiently
provided for their own Ufe, and indeed fent us a rich
Prefent of it. 'Tis a Pleafure to them to give their
Overplus liberally to Strangers.

As for their Mines, they gave them up to us with-
out any manner of Uneafinefs, becaufe they made no
Ufe of them ;. they fancy'd Men were not over wife to
fearch with fo much Pains in the Bowels of the Earth,
for what could not make them happy, nor fatisfy any
real Neceflity. Do not dig, faid they to us, fo deep
into the Earth j content yourfelves with ploughing
and tilling it, and it will afford you real Goods that
will nourifti you ; you will reap Fruits from it that are
more valuable than Gold and Silver, fince Men defirc
neither Gold nor Silver, but only to purchafe Sufte-
narice for human Life.

We would often have taught them Navigation, and
havecarry'd theycungMenof their Country into Pheni-
cia ; but they would never confent that their Children
Ihould learn to live after our manner. They would'
learn, faid they to us, to ftand in need of thofe Things
that are become neceflary to you ; they would have
them J and would forego Virtue to gain them by unjuft
Methods. They would grow, like a Man who has good>
Legs, but having difufed walking, brings himfelf at laft
to the fad Neceffity of being always carry'd, like a Tick.
Man. As for Navigation, they admire it indeed, as
an induftrious Art ; but they believe it to be a perni-
tious Art. If thofe People, fay they, have enough-
to fupport Life in their own Country, what do they
ieek in another? Are they not contented with that
which fuffices the Wants of Nature ? They deferve

to

RookViri. of rELEMACHUS. 205

to be fhipwreck'd for feeking Death in the midft of
Tempefts, to fatiate the Avarice of Merchants, and
gratify the Paffions of other Men.

Tdeniachus v/as ravifh'd at Adoatns Difcourfe ; he
was highly delighted to find, that there was yet a
People in the World, who, following the true Dictates
of Nature, were, at once, fo wife and fo happy. Oh !
how vaftly the Manners of thefe People differ from-
the vain and ambitious Maxims of thofe who are ac-
counted wifer ! We are fo vitiated, that we can-
hardly think that fo natural a Simplicity can be real.
We look upon the Morals of thefe People only as a^
tine Fable, and they ought to look, upon ours as »•.
monftrous Dream.

The END of the EIGHTH BOOK.

o'si^-o

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T HS

ADVENTURES

O F

r E L E MA C H U S.

B O O K IX.

The A R G U M E N T.

V-enus, Jiill enro^d again ft Telemachus,yz^^5 to Jupiter
for his Dejhu^ion \ but the Dejilnies not permitting
hi?n to perijh^ that Goddefs goes to Neptune, to con-
cert means to drive him away from Ithaca, whither
Adoam ivas cQnduSti}7g him. They employ., for that
Purpofe^ a deceitful Deity, ivho impofes upon the Pilot
Athamas, and makes him fleer full fail into the Port
of the Salentines, thinking he was arrived at Ithaca.
Idomeneus, their King ^ receives ^chmzchus into his
?jew City., ivhcre he was afluolly preparing a folemn
Sacrifice to Jupiter, to obtain Succefs in a PFar ogaiji/i

ike

SBox^AjI..

Book IX. T"/^'^ Adventures, cf?^. i&f

the Mandurlans. Tloe Prieji^ confalUng the Eittraih
of the Fi^ims, gives him hopes of Succefs, and inti-
jnates that he pall owe his Happinefs to his tivo v.eiu
Guefis. 'This unhappy King implores their Aid again fi
his Enemies^ arid prainijes them all manner of ^^Jjif-
tance.

'^^iW'^^, H I L S T Telemachus an<] Adoarn were
fe■■y'^J^:A^^^ thus difcourfina; to2;cther, ncffledtful of
^=^ W ^^ bleep, and not perceiving that the
%^f,, i^v^ Night was ah'cady half ipeiit, a deceit-
^ij^^^'^W*^ ful unfriendly Deity led them far wide
^*^^*^ of Ithaca, which their Pilot Atlmnai
fought for in vain. Neptune, though a Friend to the
Phenicians, could no longer endure to think that Telc~
tnachus had efcap'd the Storm that had dafli'd him
againft the Rocks of Calypfs Ifland. Venus was yet
more incens'd, to fee that young Man triumphing,
after his Conquefl over Cupid and all his Charms*
In the Height of her PaHion, fhe quitted Cythera,
Paphos^ Idaiui, and all the Honours which are paid
to her in the Ifle of Cyprus j fhe could no longer flay
in thofe Places where Telemachus had defpis'd her
Pov/er } and thereupon (he flies to bright Oly?npus^
where the Gods were affembrd round the Throne of
Jove. From this Place, they behold the Stars rolling
beneath their Feet: They fee the terreftrial Globe,
like a fmall Clod of Clay ; the vafl Seas appear to
them only like Drops of Water, with which this
Clod is a little moiften'd ; the largeft Kingdoms are
in their Eyes but a little Sand covering the Surface
of this Clod. The numberlels Multitudes of People,
the mighty Armies feem to them but as Ants, con-
tending for a Tuft of Giafs upon this Clod. The

Immortals

2t>B 'JChe i\D VENTURES Book IX.

Immortals laugh at the mod weighty Affairs that agi-
tate feeble Mortals, and their mofl important Concerns
appear to them like the Play-games of Children.
That which Men call Glory, Grandeur. Power,
profound Policy, feem to thefe fupreme Deities to be
nothing but Mifery and Folly.

'Tis in this Abode, fo much elevated above the
Earth, that Jupiter has fix'd his immovable Throne :
His Eyes pierce into the deepeft Abyfs, and vifit even
the moft fecret RecciFes of the Heart. His fweet and
ferene Afpc(5\ diffufes Tranquility and Joy throughout
Univerle. On the contrary, when he /hakes thofe
majeftic Curls that adorn his awful Head, he makes
both Heaven and Earth to rock : The Gods them-
felves, dazzled with the beamy Glory that furrounds
him, approach with trembling.

All the celeflial Deities were now about him. Venus
prefented herfelf with all thofe Charms that fpring
from her divine Perfon ; her loofe flowing Gown was
more fplendid than all the Colours with which Iris
decks herfelf amidft the dufky Clouds, when fhe
comes to promife to difmay'd Mortals the CelTation
of a Tempeft, and to declare to them the Return of
fair Weather. Her Robe was faften'd by that cele-
brated Girdle on which are reprefented the Graces j
the comely TrelTes of the Goddefs were negligently
ty'd behind by a Locket of Gold. All the Gods were
furpriz'd at her Beauty, as if they had never fcen her
before, and their Eyes were dazzled, like the Eyes
of Mortals, when Phcebus^ after a tedious Night,
conies to illuminate the Earth with his Rays. They
look'd on each other with Aftonifhment, but ftill their
Eyes center'd on Vetms ; and . they perceiv'd thofe of
the Goddefs were bathed in Tears, and that a Cloud
«f Sorrow overcaft her Face.

Mean

Book IX. of TELEMACHUS. 209

Mean while fhe advanc'd towards the Throne o^yii-
piter^ with a foft, light Step, like the rapid Flight of
a Bird cleaving the vaft Space of the yielding Air.
He look'd upon her with Complacency, fmil'd kindly
on her, and then, rifing up, embrac'd her. My dear
Daughter, faid he to her, what is it grieves you ."*
I can't fee your Tears without Concern : Fear not to
unbofom yourfelf freely to me j you know my Tender-
ncfs and Indulgence for you.

Venus anfwer'd him with a gentle Voice, but in-
terrupted with deep Sighs : O Father of Gods and
Men ! Can you, who fee all Things, be ignorant
of the Cauie of my Sorrow ? Minerva is not
fatisfy'd with overthrow^ing the very Foundations of
Troys ftately Town, which I protected ; flie is not
contented to be thus dreadfully reveng'd on Parisy
who had preferr'd my Beauty to hers ; but fhe
likevvife condu(5ls over Land and Sea the Son of
Ulyjfes^ that cruel Dertroyer of Troy. Telemachus
is accompany'd by Minerva ; which occatlons her
Abfence from this divine Aflembly. She led this
rafh Youth into the Ifle of Cyprus to affront me.
He has defpis'd my Power ; he would not condefcend
fo far as to burn Incenfe upon my Altars j he has
exprefs'd an Abhorrence of the Feitivals that are
celebrated in my Honour ; he has lock'd fa(t his
Heart againft all my Pleafures. In vain has Neptune
Itirr'd up againft him the Winds and Seas, at my
Defire J Telemachus^ caft by a dreadful Shipwreck
on Calypfo's Ifland , has triumphed over Cupid him-
felf, whom I fent thither to foften the Heart of
this young Greek. Neither Calypfo^s blooming
Youth and Charms, nor any of her Nymphs, nor
even the burnjjig Shafts of Love, could gee the Afcen-

dajit

210 T"*^*? Ad V E N TUR E s Book IX.

dant over Minerva s Arts. She fnatch'd him from the
Ifland behold hov/ I am defeated a Strip-
ling triumphs over me

"Jupiter, to comfort Fenus, (iiid to her : Is it true,
my Daughter, Minerva guards the Heart of this
young Greek againft all your Son's Arrows ; and pre-
pares for him a Glory, which never yet was merited
by a young Man. I am forry he has defpis'd your
Altars, but cannot fubjed him to your Power. I
cbnfent, to gratify you, that he fiill fhall wander both
by Sea and Land ; that he (hall live far from his own
Countiy, expos'd to all Sorts of Miferies and
Dangers : But the Fates will neither fuffer him to
perifh, nor his Virtue to be overcome by thole
Pleafures with which you decoy Mankind, l^ake
Comfort, therefore, my Daughter : Content your-
felf with ruling over fo many other Heroes, and
fo many of the immortal Powers. Here he fmil'd
on Vciius, with the utmoft Grace and Majefty. A
radiant Flafh, like the moft piercing Lightning,
darted from his Eyes. Then, tenderly kiffing Venus,
he diffus'd an Odour of Jmbrofia. which perfum'd
Olyynpm all around. The Goddefs could not but
be fenfible of this favourable Reception from the
greateft of the Gods. In fpite of her Tears and
Grief, a vifible Joy o'erfpread her Face, She let
down her Veil to hide her blufhing Cheeks, and to
cover the Confufion fhe was in. The whole Af-
fembly of the Gods applauded yupite*-\ Anfwer ;
and Venus, without iofmg a Moment's Time, haftened
to Neptune., to concert with him the Means of
revenging himfelf on Telemachus. She repeated to
Neptune what Jupiter faid to her. I knew before,
reply'd Neptune, the unalterable Decree of Deftiny j

but

Book IX. cfTELEMACHUS. 211

but if we can't fink Telanachus to the Bottom of
the Sea, let us not at Icaft omit any thing that may
make him wretched, and retard his Return to Ithaca.
I cannot confent to the deftroying of the Phenidatt
Ship, in which he is embark'd ; 1 love the Pheni-
cians ; they are my People ; no other Nation in the
Univerfe cultivates my Empire as they do j the Sea,
through their Means, is become a Bond that ties
together all the Nations of the Earth ; they honour
me with continual Sacrifices on my Altars ; they
are juft, prudent, and induftrious in their Com-
merce ; they diftribute the Conveniencies of Life,
and Plenty through all the World. No, Goddeis,
I can't admit one of their VcHe's fhould be wreck'd ;
but I will make the Pilot lofe his Courfe, and fail
•wide of ///I'rttY?, whither he is bound. Venus, {TUxsiy'di
with this Promife, forc'd a malicious Smile, and then
return'd in her flying Chariot, and alighted on Ida-
lia's flowery Meads, where the Graces, the Smiles,
and the Sports, exprefs'd their Joy to fee her again,
dancing around her on the Flowers which perfume
that charming Place.

Neptune immediately difpatch'd a deceitful Deity,
like the God of Dreams, fave only that Dreams
never deceive but during the Time of Sleepj whereas
this Deity fafcinates A4ens Senfes when they are
awake. This malignant Deity, attended by a
numberlefs Crowd of wing'd Delufion(S fluttering
round him, came and pour'd out a fubtle and en-
chanted Liquor upon the Eyes of the Pilot AtbamaSy
who was attentively confidering the Brightnefs of the
Moon, the Courfe of the Stars, and the Port of
Ithaca^ whofe (feep Rocks he had already difcover'd
pretty near. Li this very Moment, the Pilot's
Eycii could difccfu no thing as it really wasj a falfe

Sky

2.1 2 The Adventures Book JX.

Sky and a mock. Land prcfentid t:hemfelv'es to him ;
the Stars fcem'd to have chang'(i their CoLufe, and
to have gone backwards in their ili ning Orbits j all
Olympus ieem'd to move by new ^- ^iws j the Earth
itlelf was alter'd ; a falfe Ithaca ftill oiter'd itfelf to
bis View to amufe him, while at th^ fame time he
was going farther off" from the true oi -. The more
he approaeh'd towards this deludii:;£ -' cprefentation
of the JAand, the farther this Ima<:c rccoil'd from
him J it itiil fled from before him, a i he knew
not what to make of its Retreat ; L-imctimes he
thought he already heard the Noife \c jfual in a
Port; and fo he was ftrait preparing, avcording to
the Orders he had receiv'd, to fteal afnc't on a little
Ifland near the great one, to fecurc i." : Return of
this young Prince againft the Violenc r" Penelopes
Lovers, v/ho had confpired againft hnj . Sometimes
he dreaded the Shelv-:s, which ai;c ft* aumerous on
that Shore, and he fancied that he h ..d the hollow
roaring of the Waves d^fhing agaiir . ^hofe Shelves.
Tiien all on a fudden he percoiv'd cn^c the Land ap-
pear'd at a much greater Diitance : The Mountains
Ieem'd to him like fo many little Clouds, which
fometiaies darken the Horizon wnile the Sun is fet-
ting. T'hus was Jihanias perplex'd, and the Im-
prefiion of the deceitful, Deity, which had bewitch'd
his Eyes, fill'd him with a Sort of Apprehenfion,
which till th^n he was a Stranger to. He was even
jnclin'd to believe that he was not awake, and that
he was under the Illufion of a Dream. Mean
while, Neptune commanded the Eaft Wind to blow,
in order to drive the Ship on the Coaft of Hefperia :
The Wind obey'd him with {o much Vehemence,
that the Ship foon arriv'd at the Place Neptune had

appouued.

Already

BooklX. of rELEMACHUS. 213

Already had /Aurora proclaim'd the approaching
Day ; already had the ciiars, which dread the Rays
of ihe Sun, and are iay of him, beo;un to hide in
the Ocean their dufky Fires, when the Pilot cry'd
out : i can no longer doubt it; we are now touching
the very Ifland of Ithaca ; rejoice, TeUmachu.^, for
in an Hour, you fliall fee Penelope again, and perhaps
UlylJes repoflei's'd of his Throne. At this Cry, Te-
lemachus, who was lock'd faft in the Arms of Sleep,
awakes, llarts up, goes to the Steerage, embraces
the Pilot, and with his Eyes fcarce open, furveys
the neighbouring Shore, and Tigh'd when he could
not perceive that it was the Coaft of his own
Country. Alas ! where are we, faid he. This
is not my dear Ithaca. Athamas, you are deceiv'd ;
you are but little acquainted with that Coaft fo far
difl-ant from your own Country. Noj no, reply'd
Jthatnas ; 1 can't be deceived in my Knowledge of
the Bearings of this Ifland : I have Veen a great
many times here ; I know the fmalleft Rock belong-
ing to it ; the Coaft of Tyre is fcarce more recent
in my Memory : See that Mountain there jutting
out ; behold that Head-land rifing like a Tower :
don't you hear thofe Billows that break themfelves
againft thofe other Rocks, that with an angry
Brow feem to threaten the Sea with their Fall? But
don't you fee that Temple of Minerva^ which fa-
lutes the Clouds ? Yonder is the Houfe and Caftle
of your Father Ulyjps. O Jthafytas ! reply'd Tele-
macbus^ you are deceiv'd; I fee, on the contrary, a
very high, but level (,'oaft ; and I perceive a Town,
but it IS none of Ithaca. O Gods, it is thus ye de-
rice and mock poor Mortals I

Whilft he was faying thefe Words, all of a fud-
dcn the Eyes of Jthamas were reftor'd to their

wonted

4

2 1 4 The Adventures Book IX.

wonted Certainty, and the Charm difTolv'd : He
perfe<5lly furvey'd the Shore as it really was, and
acknowledg'd his Error. I own, O Tclemachus,
cry'd he, ibme envious Deity has enchanted my
Eyes. I thought I faw Ithaca^ and a perfect Image
of it prefented itfelf to my Fancy ; but now it is
vanifli'd like a Dream : 1 now behold another City,
and it is doubtlefs Sakntum, which Idonia7eus.i who
fled from Crete, has lately founded in Hejperia ; I
perceive its rifing Walls, as yefunfinifh'd ; 1 fee a
Port not yet entirely fortified.

Whilft Athamas was taking notice of the feveral
Works newly ere6led in this growing City, and
whilfl Tl'/wiW;?/^ was bewailing his Misfortune; the
Wind that Neptune caufed to blow, drove them full
Sail into a Road where they found themfelves under
Shelter, and jufl by the Haven.

Mentor^ who was no Stranger, either to Neptune's
Revenge, or the cruel Devices of Venus, only fmil'd
at the Miflake of Athamas. When they were in
this Road, Mentor fays to Telemaehus, Jupiter is
making Trial of you j but will not fufFer you to be
deftroy'd : On the contrary, he only tries you to
point out to you the Road of Glory. Thii^k on
the Labours of Hercules ; let your Father's At-
chievemcnts be ever prefent to your Mind. He,
vvho knows not how to fufFer, is not magnanimous.
By Patience and Fortitude you muft tire out that
mercilefs Fortune, which takes Delight in perfecu-
ting you. 1 am lefs afraid, with regard to you, oT the
rigorous Treatment of Neptune, than I fear'd the in-
fmuating CarelFes of that Goddefs who detain'd you
in her Ifland. What do we liay for ? Let us enter
the Port j thefe People are our Friends ; we are
come among the Greeks, Jclomeneus, wlio himfclf

has

Book IX. of tELEMACHUS. 215

has been ill ufed by Fortune, will have Pity on the
Diftrels'd. They prefentiy enter'd the Port of
SalcnUim, where the Phenictan Ship was receiv'd
without any ObftruSion, becaufe the Pfwilcians are
in Peace and Commerce with all the People of the
World.

lelemacbus beheld with Admiration, this growing
City. As a young Plant, which having been
nourifh'd by the Night's fweet Dew, at Break of
Day feels the Sun-beams coming to embellifh it ; it
grows; it opens its tender Buds; it ftretches out its
green Leaves j it blows its fragrant Flowers with a
thoufand new Colours- ; every Moment you look
upon it, you perceive a new Luftre : So flourifli'd
Idomemui'^ new City on the Sea-fide. Each Day,
each Hour it rofe in Magnificence, and prefented
afar off to Strangers at Sea, new Embellifnments of
Archite6lure, which tower'd to the very Skies. All
the Coail: refounded with the Ciies of the Work-
men, and the Strokes of Mallets and Hammers ;
while, by the Help of Cranes and Ropes, Stones tra-
vell'd through the Air : All the leading Men of the
City fpiritcd up the Populace to their Work, as foon
as Aurora appear'^ ; and King Idoineneus himfelf gave
Orders every where, and forwarded the Works wit-h
an incredible Diligence.

Hardly was the Phen'uian Veffel got .into Port,
ere the Cretans gave to Telemachus and Mentor all
the Tokens of a fmcere Friendfliip : They haften'd
away to inform Idoineneus^ that the Son of Ulyjfes
was arriv'd. The Son of UlyJJes ! cry'd he, of
Vlyjfes! He! that dear Friend, that wife Hero, by
whom we at laft laid ftately Troy in Duft ! Brino-
him to me, and let me fhew him how much I
lov'd his Father, Hereupon they prefent to him

TeU'

2i6 T/je Advent VR-ES BooklX.

Te/emachuSj who telling him his Name, fues for
HofpitaHty. Idomeneus anfwer'd him with a cour-
teous fmiling Countenance : Though no Body had
told me who you are, I fhould certainly have
known you. You are UlyJJes himfelf; behold his
very Eyes darting forth Fire, his fteady Look, his
Mien at firft cold and referved, which cover'd fo
much Sprightlinefs and fo many Graces ! I perceive
even that fubtle Smile, his eafy negligent Demean-
our, his gentle Speech, plain and infmuating, which
perfuaded, without allowing Time for Sufpicion.
Yes, you are the Son of UlyJJes ; but you fhall be
mine too. O my Son, my dear Son, what Accident
brings you to this Climate ? Is it to feek your
Father ? Alas ! I can tell you nothing of him ;
Fortune has perfecutcd both him and me : It was
his ill Fate not to be able to find his Country again :
and 'twas mine to find my Country again, fill'd
with the Hatred of the Gods againlt me. Whilfl
Jdomeneus was fpeaking thefe Words, he look'd
wiftfully upon Mentor, as one whofe Face he
was no Stranger to, but whofe Name he could not
recal.

And now Telemachus anfwer'd him with Tears in
his Eyes : O King, pardon the Grief, which in
defpight of me, will break out at a Time when I
ought to exprefs nothing but Joy and Gratitude for
your Generofity to me. By your lamenting the Lofs
of UlyJJes, you yourfelf teach me how much I
ought to be afte(3:ed with my Misfortune, in not
iinding my Father. 'Tis now a long, long while, I
have been in fearch of him through all the known
Seas. The incens'd Gods permit me not either to
fee Mm again, or to know whether he be fhip-
wreck'd, or to return to Ithaca, where Peyielope

pines

Book IX. of TELEMACHUS. 217

pines away with a longing Defire to be freed from
her importunate Suitors. I thought I (liouM have
found you in the Lie of Crete ; I was there inform'd
of your cruel Deftiny, but little thought of ever
coming near Hefperia, where you have founded a nev^
Kingdom; but Fortune, .who makes us Mortals her
Play-game, and now obliges me to wander from Place
to Place, and keeps rne ftill from Ithaca^ has at length
cafl me upon your Shore. Of all theDifafters flie has
expofed me to, this is v^'hat I the leaft repine at ; for
though file drives me from my native Country, ye [he
brings me acquainted with the moft generous of all
Kings.

At thefc "Words, Id::meneus gave Tchmachus a kind
Embrace, and leading him into his Palace, faid to
him ; Who is that wife old Man that accompanies
you ; for methinks I have feen him fomevvhere ? 'Tis
Alentor^ rcply'd Telemachus \ Mentor^ the Friend cf
UlyJJ'es, to whom he committed the Government cf
my Infancy : What Tongue can" exprefs how much I
am oblig'd to him !

Thereupon, hbmeneus ftepping to Mentor, and
taking him by the Hand ; You and I, faid he to
him, have feen one another before. You may re-
member the Voyage you made into Crets^ and what
good Advice you gave me; but, at that Time, the
Heat of Youth, and the quick Relifh of fenfual
Pleafures hurry'd me away ; fo that my Misfortunes
alone have been able to teach me what I would not
believe. Would to the Gods I had taken your Ad-
vice, O fage old Man I But I am amaz'd to fee that
you are not in the leaft alter'd in fo many Years ; your
Face is as frefli and fanguine as ever, the fame llrait
and vigorous Body, only your Hair is grown Ibmc-
what hoary.

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2 1 8 T'he Adventures Book I X.

Great King, anfwcr'd Mentor^ were I a Flatterer,
I would tell you likevvifc, that you ftill preferve that
Bloom which fhone in your Face before the Siege
of Troy : But I had rather difpleafc you, than ofFcnd
againft Truth. Befides, 1 find by your wife Dif-
courfe, that you do not love Flattery, and tiiat a
Man runs no Hazard in being fnicere with you.
Therefore, I niufl: needs tell you, you are very
much chang'd, and that 'twas fcarcc pofiible to hav?
known you again. 1 am not a Stringer to* the Caufe
of it} 'tis occafion'd by your many ar.d great Sufi'er-
jngs ; but you have been a grea'c Gainer by your
Misfortunes, fmce you have acq.jir'd VVifdom. A
Man may very eafily comfort himieif for the W'l inkles
of his Face, fo long as his Heart is exercis'd and
fortified in Virtue. Moreover, know, Jdomeneus,
that Kings always wear away fafter than other Men,
In Adverfity, the Fati^^ues of iliC Mind and Body
inake them old before their Time : In Profperity,
the voluptuous Enjoyments of an eafy Life, walte
their Strength even, more than the Toils of War.
Nothing is more detrimental to Health than im-
moderate Pleafure. From hence it proceeds, that
Kings , either in Peace or War, do continually labour
under fuch Pains or Plcafures, as bring upon them
old Age before its natural Seafon. Whereas a fober,
temperate, and plain way of Living, free from in-
quietudes and PaHions, regul.ir and laborious, keeps
all the Limbs of a wife Man in a vigorous Youthful-
iie(s, which, without thefe Precautions, flies faft away
upon the Winirs of T'inje.

J domcneus ^ charm'd with Mentor % Difcourfe, would
for a long time have likened to him, had they not
come to put him in mind of a Sacrifice which he
woo to make to Jupiter. Telcmachns and Mentor

follow'd

BooklX. ef rELEMACHUS, ii^

follow'd him, furrounded by a great Croud of Peo-
ple, who with much Eagernefs and Curiofity gaz*d
at the two Strangers. The Sa/entines laid one to
another, Thefe two Men are very different ; the
young one has a certain amiable Livelinefs beyond
txpre/Tion ; all the Graces of Youth and Beauty are
diffus'd over his whole Face and Perfon ; but this
Beauty has nothing effeminate nor languid ; though he
is in the tenderefi: Bloffom of Youth, yet he appears
vigorous, ftrong, and inured to Labour. But this
other, though far older, has lo(l nothing at all of his
Strength : His Mien indeed feems at firft not fo ma-
jeffic, nor his Countenance fo graceful} yet if you
Jook nearer, you will find in his Simplicity the Marks
of Wifdom and V^irtuc, with a furprizing Grandeur
of Deportment. When the Gods defcended to Earth
to reveal themielves to Mortals, they undoubtedly
appeared in the like Figures of Strangers and Tra-
vellers.

By this time they were arriv'd at the Temple of
Jupiter^ which Idoweneus, who was defcended from
that God, had adorn 'd with much Magnificence.
It was envijon'd with a double Row of Marble Pillars,
like "^Jofper : The Chapiters were of Silver: The
Temple was all incruffed with Marble, where BaJJ^
Relitv^js rofe, reprefenting the Transformation of Ju-
piter into a Bull, the Rape of Ettropa^ and her raf-
fage through the Sea into Crete. The Waves fcem'd
to reverence 'Jupiter, though he was in a ftrange
Form. Ihen there wa3 reprefented the Birth and
Youth oi Alhios ; afterwards, that wife King in a mo*"*::
advanced Age uilptnling Laws to the whole Ifland, iu
order to render it fur ever flourifhing. There likewife
^eUmachus took notice of the principal Occurrences at
the Siege of Troy, where hkmencui had acquired the
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ii'O 'The Adventures Book IX.

Reputation of a great General. Ainidft the Repre-
fentation of thcfe Aclions, Telemadms look'd for his-
Pather, and found him taking the Horfes of Rhcjus,
whom Dioinedcs had jult killed ; in another Place dif-
puting with Ajax for the Arms ol Achilles^ amidll an
Ailembly of the Grecian Commanders : And, laftly,
his coming out of the fatal Horfe to give Death to fo
many Trojans.

1 elemachtis prefently knew him by all thefe famous
Adlions, which he had fo often heard of, and which
Mentor himfelf had frequently repeated to him. The
Tears prefently gufii'd from his Eyes ; he chang'd
Colour ; Grief was i'pi ?ad all over his Face : Idofjimcus
perceiv'd it, though Telemachus turn'd afide to con-
ceal his Trouble. Don't be afham'd, faid Ickincnens
to him, to let us fee how much you are mov'd with
the Glory and Misfortunes of your Father.

Mean while the People aircmbicd in great Crowds
under the vaft Porticoes form'd by the double Row
of Colunms which furrounded the Temple. There
were two Com[)anics of young Boys and Girls, who
fung Hymns in Praife of the Thunder-grafping God.
Ihefe Children, who were fele6led for their Beauty,
had their long Hair fprcad abroad upon their Shouldcis;
their Heads were pcifum'd and crown'd with Rofes,
and they were allcloath'd in v/hite. Ido?)ieneus offered
in Sacrifice to ^fupiter a hundred Bulls, to render the
God propitious to Wan. in a War which he had under-
taken againft his Neighbours. The Blood of the
Vi£t!m.s, fmoaking on every Side, Urcamed into the
capacious Goblets of Gold and Silver.

The aged Tbfophanes^ beloved of the Gods, and
Pried of the Temple, kept, duiing the Time of the
i>aciince, his Fiead cover'd with one Erid of his
purple Robe ; then he confultcd the Entrails of the

Vidlims

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Book IX. of TELEMACHUS. 221

Viclims ftiil panting ; after which, afcending the fac-
red Tripod, O ye Gods, cried he, what are thefe
two Strangers v/hom you have fent into thefe Parts ?
Had they not come among us, the War lately entered
upon would have been fatal to us, and Salentam would
have fallen to ruin ere it had been well raifed above-
ground. 1 have in my Eye a youngHero, whoniWifdom

leads by the Hand, No Mortal dares lay more.

In fpeaking thefe Words, his Looks were wild,
and his Eyes fparkled with Fire ; he feem'd to gaze'
on other Obje6is than thofe that were before him ;
his Face v/as inflamed, his whole Body whs in Emo-
tion ; he rag'd and grev*? diftracled ; his Hair briftled
up ; his Mouth foam'd ; his up-lifted Arms ftood
motionlefs in the Air ; his loud Voice was ftronger
than any human Voice ; he was breathlefs, and could
no longer contain within him the Deity he was poflefs'd
Vv'ith.

O happy hbrneneus, cry'd he again, what do I fee ?
What Misfortunes avoided ! What amiable Peace at
home ! But abroad, what bloody Wars! What Vic-
tories ! O Telemachus ! thy Labours exceed thy Fa-
ther's : l^he proud infulting Enemy groans in the
Duft, whilft thy Sword flafhes over his Head : The
brazen Gates, the inaccefiible Ramparts fall at thy

Feet O mighty Goddefs ! Let his Father

brave Youth ! in time thou fhall re-vifit At thefe

Words his Speech fail'd him, and he continued, as it
were, by irrefiflable Neceflity, in a Silence full of
Aftonifnment.

The People were frozen with Fear : Idomeneus
fhiver'd, not daring to bid him make an end. Ee-
le7nacbus himfelf, furpriz'd, hardly underflood what
he had heard; fcjrce could he believe that he had
heard fuch high Predi(5lions. Mentor alone was un-
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222 ^he Adve\'tu res Book IX.

altoniOied at the Divine Spirit. You hear, faid be
to Idonuneus^ the Purpofe of the Gods \ that what-
«;ver Nation you have to fight agr.inft, the Victory
ihall be in your Hands, and you will owe to your
Friend's youthful Son the Prolperity of your Arms ;
therefore be not jealous of him, but maice a right
Ufe of what the Gods beilow on you by his
Ivleans.

idomeneus^ being not yet recovered out of his
An>azcment, ftudied in vain for Words; his Tongue
vTontinii'd motionlefs. "Telemachus, more Mailer of
himfelf, faid to Aletitor ; even fo much promis'd
Glory does not move me ; but what can be the
Meaning of thofe laft Words, Thou J])alt reviftt ?
Is it my Father, or only Ithaca, that I ftiall fee
agahi ? Ah ! why did he not make an end ? He
has left me more in doubt than I was before. O
Ulyjes ! O my Father ! Is it poflible that I fliould
ever fee you again ? Can it be true ? But I flatter my-
self O cruel Oracle ! thou dclighteft in fporting

with an unfortunate Wretch : One Word more, and
I had been at the Height of Happinefs.

Accept with Reverence what the Gods reveal,
faid iMentor to hitn, and attempt not to difcover
what they are pleafed to keep fecret. Rafh Curio-
iity deferves to be put to conlufion. 'Tis out of a
fuprcme Goodnefs and Wifdom that tl>e Gods con-
ceal from feeble Mortals their Deftinies, involved in
an impenetrable Darknefs. It is indeed of Advantage
to forefee what depends on our Endeavours, in order
to a due Performance ; but 'tis no lefs advantageous to
be ignorant of what the Gods defign to do with us,
and of what it is not in our Power, by any means,

tQ avert.

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Book IX. ofTELEMACHUS. zi^

Tekmachus, touch'd with thefe Words, contain'd
himfelf, though not without the greateft Reluctance.
Idomeneus^ who by this time had conquered his Sur-
prize, began to thanlc great Jove for lending to hirn
the young Telemachus and the wife Mentor, in order
to make him viftorious over his Enemies. And, af-
ter he had given them a noble Entertainment, fub-
fequent to the Sacritice, he fpoke thus to the two
Strangers.

1 acknowledge, I was but a Novice in the Art of
Governing, when I return'd into Cr'ete^ after the
Siege of Troy. You know, dear Friends, what
Misfortunes difabled me from reigning over that great
Ifland, fince you tell me that you were there after I
left it. Yet I am happy, exceeding happy, if the-
fevereft Strokes of Fortune can be of Ufe towards
my Inftrudtion, and teach me to be Mafter of my
Paflions. I croffed the Seas like a Fugitive, whom
the Vengeance of Gods and Men purfues. All my
part Grandeur ferved only to render my Fall the more
ignominious and infupportable. I fought a Shelter
for my Hou(hold-Gods upon this defert Coart, where
I found nothing but wild uncultivated Lands, over-
run with Thorns and Bryers, covered with thickfet
Trees as old as the Earth itfclf, and almoft inacccffible
Rocks, which ferved for Harbour to the wild Bealls.
Yet fuch was the Extremity to which 1 vva^. rtxlcccd,
that [ was g'ad to poflefs this favage Lan:i, aivj to
make it my Country in company with a fm;.i! Hand-
full of Soldiers and Friends, who were fo kind as to
take Share in my Misfortunes, deftitute of all Hopes
of ever feeing again that fortunate Illand, v,'hcre the
Gods caufed mc to bo born, that there I nii'-ht rci?;ri.
Alas ! faiJ I to myfeif, what an Alteration is this \
what a dreadful Example ani i to ail Kings ! wli.rj;
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224 ^'^e Adventures Book IX.

wholefome Inftrudlions may they draw from my Mif-
carriages J They fancy they have nothing to fear,
becaufe of their Elevation above the refi of Man-
kind; whereas it is that very Elevation that ought
to make them, fear every thing. I v/as dreadtd by
my Enemies, beloved by my SubjecSls ; I commanded
over a powerful and warlike Nation ; m.y Name was
fpread abroad upon Fames fwift Wings into the moft
diftant Climates ; I reign'd in a delicious, fruitful
Illand ; each Year an hundred wealthy Cities paid
me Tribute ; my People acknov/ledged me to be the
Offspring of Jupiter^ who was born in their Country ;
they lov'd me as the Grandfon of the fage Minosy by
Wh^fe Laws they are become fo powerful and fo happy.
What was there wanting to my Felicity, except the
knowing how to enjoy it with Moderation? But my
o-vvn Pride, and the Flattery of others, which I lilten'd
to, overturn 'd my Throne. In like manner will all
Kings fall, that Ihall give themfelves up to their own
Pallion, and the deceitful Counfels of Flatterers, In
the Day-time, I endeavoured to put on a chearful
Countenance, and fuch as feemed full of Hope, m
order to keep up the Spirits of thofe who had follow'd
me. Come on, faid I to them ; let us build a new
City, to make us amends for our Lofles : We are
furrounded by Nations who have fet us a noble Ex-
ample for fuch an Enterprize : See there Tarentu?n
rearing up its Head jufl by us ! PhalaniuSy with his
Lacedanonians^ founded that new Kingdom. PhiloSietes
has built upon the fame Coall: another great Citv,
which he calls PctUia. Such another Colony is Mela-
pontu?n. And fhall we be out-done by thofe Strangers
who are Wanderers like ourfelves f Fortune has
dealt with us all alike, and has not ufed us worfe than
them.

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Book IX. of rELEMACHUS. ii^

Whilft I endeavoured, by fuch Expreffions as thefe*
to mitigate the Diftredes of my Compai)ions, 1 fmo-
thercd a deadly Grief at tlie Botiom of my Heart ;•
It was to me a mightv Confolation whenever the Day.
withdrew its Light, and tne Night came to wrap me
up in Darknefs ; for t!ien 1 was at liberty to moan my
wretched Fate. Two bitter Floods of Tears rolled
from rny Eyes, and balmy Sleep was an utter Stranger
to me. The next Day i refumed my Toils with inde-
fatigable Fervor, and that's the R-eafon, Mer.tor, you
find me (o much a'ter'd fur the worfe.

After Idomeneus had made an end of relating his
SufFeringi, he begged Tekmo.chus and Mentor to give
him their Affiiiance in the War wherein he was en-
gaged. I v.'ill, added he, moft carefully fend jou
back to Ithaca, as foon as the War is over j and in the
mean while, \ will fend out Ships, far and wide, to
learn News of L/lyJJes, Whcfever he is thrown, either
by ftormy Winds or angry Gods, I will take care to
bring him back. Heaven grant he Itiii be living \
As for you, the bed Ships that ever were built in tne
Iiland oi Crete (hall be fitted out to carry you home:
They are built of Timber felled on the true Mount
Lhi, where Jupiter v/as born : That (acred Wood can
never penih in the Waves ; the Winds and Rocks do
awfully r^ipe6l it; ar.d Nepti^:ie's felf, even in his
hig.iett Rage, dares not to dir the Billows up againft it.
Rell therefore aiiured, that you will liappiiy return to
It/W/ca, and th<.t no adverfe Deiry fuall be any longer
able to make you wander upon K' many Seas any more.
The PaHage is Jo fiiort and eafy; fend av/ay thcPbe.nidan
Ve::;.l ihac b:;>u^htyou hither, and think now of no-
thiiig but how io acquire the Glory of edablifhing
the !iC\v Kingdom of Idom£7ieus^ v/hich is to be the
Recoiiipcncc of all his Sufferings, 'Tis at this Price,
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226 The Adventures, ^c. Book IX,

O Son of Ulyjfes, that you muft be efteemed worthy
of your Father: And though harfli Deftiny ftiould
have already fent him down to Pluto's gloomy Realm,
yet Greece, overjoy 'd, will find, him again in you.

At thefe Words, Telemachus interrupting IdomeneuSy.
Let us, faidhe, fend away the Phenidan VelFel. What
do we ftay for ? Why don't we this Moment take up
Arms, and attack your Enemies, who are now become
ours ? If we were victorious, when in Sicily we
fought for Acejles^ who was a Trojan^ and a profefled
.Enemy of Greece^ fhall we not be yet more ardent, and
more befriended by the Gods, when we fight for one
of thofe Grecian Heroes, who levelled to the Ground
that unjuii City o'i Priam ? The Oracle we have juft
nuw heard will not fuffer us to doubt it.

1% E ND of tl}el>i in TH BOOK.

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BOOK

X.

The ARGUMENT.

Idomeneus acquaints Mentor tvkh the Reafons of his
makhig War againjl the Mandurians ; and relates
to him^ that they Bad at firji yielded to hiw the
Coaji of Hefperia, zvhere he had founded his.
City J that they retired' to the neighbouri}ig Moun^
tains, where fame of them having been ahufed by
a Party of his Mcn^ they had deputed to him tzvo
old Men, with whom he had. agreed upon Arti-
cles of Peace j and that^ after an hifraSlion of
that Treaty, by fame of ldomeneiis'5 Men^ who
knew nothitrg of the Peace, the Mand^irians were

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22S T^e' ADVEIITIJRL5 Book X.

preparing to make JVar ogahijl him. IVhilJi Ido-
iTiencus %vas tell!>ig this Story^ f^.- Mandutisns, luko
had taken up Arms with great Expedition, appeared
at the Gates of S^ikntum. Neftor, Fhilodtetes, ^«^
Pbalantus, whom Idomeneus thought to he neuter,
come againjl him in the /Ir^ny of , the Mandurians.
yi^iMQ\- goes forth frotn 'iy-Ao.Mxxm hy himfef, to pro-
pofe Conditions of Peace to the Enemy.

?iVKi<d much pleaTtd, O Son of Vl^ts., to fee
in you fo laudable a Paflion for Glory ; but remem-
ber, that the created Renown of your Father, was
his approving himftlf the wiftfl and mort moderate
Commander ariiong the Greeks, when tliat fam'd
Siege of Troy was carrying on, Achilles^ tlicugh both
invincible and invulnerable, though he carrv'd T-error
and Death wherever he fought, yet could not ma-
iler Troy; he fell himfelf beneath the Walls of that
proud Town, which triumph'd over him who con-
quer'd HcBor : But Ulyf.es, v/hofe Valour was go-
verned by Prudence, carried Fire and Sword amidft
\\\e Trojans; and to his Hands is owing the FalT of
thofe high and flately Towers, which, during ten
long Years, defied all confederate Greece. As
much as Adinerva is fuperior to Mars, fo much
does a vvcll-wcigh'd provident Valour furpafs a boi-
fterous and fa V age Boldnefs. Firft then, let us. en-
quire into the Circumftances of this War that is. to
be carried oji j I, for my part, decline no Danger ;
but 'tis my Opinion, Idcrncncus, that you ought

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BookX. ofTELEMACHUS. 229

firft to let us know whether your War be a jufl one ;
fecondly, againft whom you wage it; and, laftly,
\vhat number of Forces you have to jullify the Hope
of a happy liiiie.

Idomemtii reply'd : At our firft Arrival here, we
found a favage People, who lived in the Woods
upon what they killed in huMiing, and fuch Fruits
as the Trees fpoiotaneoufly produce. Thele People
who are called Mandia'ians^ were fo terrified at the
Sight of our Ships and Arms, that they made all
the haiie they could into their Aiountains ; but the
Soldiers, whofe Curiofity led them to view the
Country, and likewife being minded to hunt down
fome of their Stags, met with fome of thofe fa-
vage Run-aways,, whofe Leaders thus accoded our
Men : We 'have forfaken the agreeable Shore, and
yield it to you ; we have nothing left but wild
Mountains, almoft inacceffible ; and 'tis but jufl
that you leave us in Peace and Liberty there : VVe
have, met you wandering, difperfed, and weaker
than we ; fo that we have it in our Power, if u'e
v>'ill, to take away your Li?es ; nor can your own
Companions have the leart Sufpicion of what's be-
come of you ; but we have no Inclination to imbrue
pur Hands in the Blood of thofe who are Men like
<^urfelves. Go your ways, and forget not that yoii
owe your Lives to our Principles of Humanity. Re-
member it is from a People you call rude and unci-
vilized, that you receive this Lefibn of Forbearance and
Gerterofity.

'i hole of our Men, who were thus let go by the
Barbarians^ rtturn'd to the Camp, ami related
what had happened to them. Our Soldiers were
veci'd at it ; they were aOiamed that Cretans fhould
owe their Lives to fuch a Gang of Fugitives-, who

feemed

230 '^ke Adveijtcjres Book X,

feemed to them more like Bears than Men. There-
upon they v/ent out a hu;iung in greater Numbers
than at firfl, aiid ruiiiifn'J with all manner of Arms:
They did not go very fas ere they met with the Sa^
vages, and attacked them ; th^^ Engagement was
fharp; the Darts flew on both Sides like Hail in a
Storm ; the Savages were u,'reed at iail to retire to
their Iteep Mountains, whither our Men durit not
purfue them.

A while after, thofe People fent to me tvvj of their
wifefl old Men to fue far Peace: 1 h;y brougiit Pre-
fen-ts along with them, confiftino; of the Skins of wild
Beafts which they had killed, and various u.rts of
Fruits, fuch as the Country affirds After they had
given me the Prefents, they began thus :

O King, in one Hand thou feeft v^'e bear the
Sword, and in the other an Olive branch (for they
bad a<5lually each in their Hand) ch.ufe therefore,
which thou wilr. Peace or War. We, for our
parts, would chule Pe.;ce ; and for the Sake thereof
we have not been aihamed to yield thee the pieafant
Sea-fhore, where the fertile Land, impregnated by
the Sun, abounds with fo many and fuch delicious
Fruits. Yet Peace is fweeter than all thofe Fruits j
and for that Reafon we retired into thofe fteep
Mountains cover'd with everlafting Ice and Snow,
where we never behold cither the Flowers of the
Spring, or the rich Fruits of the Autumn. We
have in Abhorrence that Brutality which, under the
plaufible Names of Ambition and Glory, madly ra.-
vages whole Provinces, and fpills the Blood of Men,
who are all Brethren. If that falfe Glory affeds
thee, we are not fuch Fools as to envy thee ; we
pity thee, and beg the Gods to preferve us from the
like Madnefs. If the Sciences, which the Greeks

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BookX. of rELEMACHUS. 2^1

are fo caretul to learn, and if that Politenefe they
take lb nvuch Pride in, Cerves only to infpire theni'
with fuch a deteftable Injuftice, we look upon it as
our great Happinefs to be without thofe Advantages j
we will glory in being ftill ignorant, and being Bar-
barians^ but withal, juft, kind, faithful, difinterefted,
fatisfy'd with little, and defpifing that idle Delicacy
which brings along with it a Neceffity of enjoying^
a great deal. What we hold in greatefl: Elleem is
Health,. Frugality, Liberty, Vigour of Body and
Mind, the Love of Virtue, the Fear of the Gods,
a kind Difpofition towards our Neighbours, Conftancy
to our Friends, Honefty towards every body. Mode-
ration in Profperity, Fortitude in AfflicVions, Courage
to declare the Truth at all Times, DeteRation of
Flattery. Such are the People v/hom wc now offer
to thee for Neighbours and Allies. If the Gods, ia
Anger to thee, do fo far infatuate thee, as to caufe
thee to refufe this Peace, thou fh.ilt hjid, when it is
too late, that thofe People who are Lovers of Peace
Qut of a Principle of Moderation, are the moft for-
midable in War.

While thefe old Men were thus fpeaking to me,.
I thought I fhould never fatiate my Eyes with look-
ing upon them : 'Ihey had long uncombed Beards,
Ihort hoary Hair, thick Eye- brows, fparkling Eyes,
a refolute Look, an Utterance grave and full, of
Authority, Manners plain and ingenuous. The
Furs, which ferved them for Cloaths, were faflened
negligently over their ihoulders, and difcovered their
bare Arms, more nervous and brawny than even,
thofe of cur Wreftlers. The Anfwer I gave thofe
two Envoys was, that I defired Peace. We there-
upon fettled between us feveral Conditions, upon eacli
•ther's Faith : We invok'd all the Gcds to witnefs

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the Treaty ; which done, I fent them back again with
Prefects : But the Gods, who drove me from the
Kingdom of my Aticftors, were not yet tired with
perfecuting me. Our Huntfmen, who could not fo
foon have Information of the Peace we had juft made,
happened to meet the fame Day a great Company of
xhok Barbarians^ as they were attending their Ambaf-
fadors in their Return from our Camp. They fell
upon them with Fury, killed many of them, and
purfued the reft into the Woods : And thus the War
is kindled anew. It is the Opinion of thcfe Barba-
rians, that they -can no loi'iger fafely truft either our
Promifes or Oaths,

In order to diftrefs us the more, they have called
to their Ailiilance the Lccrians, JiuUans, Lucaniatis^
the Bru!ia?7S, the People of Crctor.a, Neritiim, and
Brundujiiim. T\\c Lucanians ufe Chariots armed
with keen Scythes. The jJpulians are every one of
them covered with the Skin of fonie wild Beaft which
they have killed ; they carry in their Hands great
v/ooden Clubs, full of large Knobs, befct wiih Iron
Spikes ; they are, for the generality, as tall as Giar.ts,
and their Bodies are fo robuft, by hardening theui-
felves in the moft laborious Exercifes, that their very
Looks frrike l>rror. The Locrians, who come
from-Greece, do ftill retain fomething of their Ori-
ginal, and have more Humanity than the reft ; but,
with the c.xacl Dlfcipline of the Greek Troops, they
have the additional Advantages of being as lufty as
thofe Barbarians, by habituaiing themfelvcs to a
hardy Way of living, v^^hich makes them invinrible :
7"hey have a fort of light Bucklers, made of iv.iucd
Withies, cover'd over ,with Skins ! and they ufc long
SworJs. The Brutians are nimble-footed like Bucks
or Does ; and, when they run, one would think that
' even

BookX. cf TELE MAC HUS. 233

even the tenderefl: Blade of Grafs is hardly deprefled
by their Feet j they fcarcely leave any Prints of their
Sreps in the Sand itfelf ; they rufn fuddenly on their
Foes, and are gone again with the fame Rapidity.
The People of Croto-na are very ready at fhooting
Arrows ; few of the ordinary Sort among the Greeks
can draw a Bow like the lead expert of thefe Cra-
toiiians ; and if they fhould ever apply themfelves
to our Games, they would infallibly carry the Prize j
'Fheir Arrows are fteep'd in the Juice of certain
poifonous Herbs, which are faid to come from the
Banks o[ Jvernus, and whofe Wounds are incurable.
As for thofe of Neritmn, AieJJapia^ and Brundufiumy
all they have to boaft of is a great Strength of Body,
and an untaught artlefs Valour. As loon as they
fee their Enemies, they rend the Skies with fuch
hideous Out-cries, as are really frightful : They are
pretty dexterous at the Sling, and darken the Air with
Showers of Stones ; but they obferve no Order ia
fighting. This, O Mentor^ is what you defired to
know : You are now let into the Occafion of this
War, and are informed what fort of Enemies we have
tp deal with.

As foon as Idomeneus had given them this Ac-
count, Telemachus, impatient to engage, thought
there was no more to do than to take up Arms.
Mentor flopped him a fecond time, and thus addreffed
himfelf to Idomemus : How comes it, that thefe fame
Locrians^ who are of a Grecian Stock, do thus con-
federate with the Barbarians a2;ainft Grecians 'i How
comes it, that fo many Greek Colonies are in a
flourifhing Condition upon this Sea-Coaft, without
being engaged in the fame Wars with you ? You
fay, O IdomeneiiSy that the Gods are not weary of
perfecuting you j but I Uy^ they have not yet done

inflrudt-

2 34 ^^^' Adventures Book X.

inftrucSling you : It is ftrange. that fo many Mif-
fortunes, as you have gone through, iliould not
have yet taught you what you ought to do, in order
to prevent a War ! What you yourfelf juft now
related, concerning the Honelty of thofe Barbart-
mts^ fuffices to fhevv, that yju might have lived in
Beace with them ; but Pr Je and Haughtinefs are
always attracfiive of the- moit fIa;igerous Wars. You
might have given them Hoftages, and taken lome of
theirs ; and it would have been an eafy iMatter for
you to have fent fome of your Captains along with
their Ambafi'adors, to have reconducted them fafe
Home. Nay, fince the Renewal of the War, you
ought to have pacify 'd them, by reprefenting to
them that they were attack'd purely through Igno-
rance of the Treaty that had been made with them :
You (hould have offered them all the Security they
could pofTibly demand ; and have denounced the fe-
vereft Punilhments againfl thofe of your Subjeds
who (hould give the leaft Interruption or Diflurbance
to this Alliance. But, pray, what has happen'd fince
this Rupture ?

To this Jdomeneus reply'd ; I thought it would
have been a bafe and abjedl Submiffion in us to have
courted thofe Barbariansy who had now affembled
in hafte all their moft fcrviceable Men, and fuch as
were fit to bear Arms, and implored the Affiilance
of all the neighbouring Nations, to whom they
made us odious and fufpccced. Thereupon I thouglit
that the befl Courfe 1 could take, was immediately
to make ourfelves Matters of certain narrow Fa'Tes
in the Mountains, that were ill guarded. Thefe we
feized without much Difficulty ; and by that means
put ourfelves into a Condition of annoying thole
Barbar'uins, In thefe Defiles I have caufed ftron^

Tov.'crs

BookX. of TELEMACHUS. 235

Towers to be ereded, from whence our Men may,
with their Darts, gaul and overv.'helm I'uch of our
Enemies as fhall come down from the Mountains
into our Country ; and at the fame time, we may en-
-ter into theirs, and deftroy their chief Settlements
whenever we pleafe. Thus, with P'orces much in-
ferior, we are able to make head againft that ii^nu-
merable Multitude of Enemies which furrounds us.
This being the prefent State of our Cafe, it would
be a difficult Matter to treat of Peace with them :
For we cannot give up to them thofe Towers, with-
out expufing ourfelves to their Incurfions ; and they
look upon them as Citadels intended by us to bring
them under Slavery.

Mentor made this Reply to Idomeueus : You are a
wife King, and are pleafed with hearing the Truth
delivered to you without any difguife : You are not
like thofe foolifti Men, who are afraid of feeing it,
and who, for want of Courage to correct their
Faults, employ their whole Authority to maintain
what they have once done amifs. Know then, that
this barbarous People gave you an admirable Lellbn,
when they apply'd to you for Peace. Was it out of
Weaknefs they fu'd for it ? Did they want Courage,
or foreign Affiftance, to make head againft you ?
You manifeftly fee they did not, fnice they are fo
inur'd to War, and fupported by ibmany formidable
Neighbours. Why did not you imitate their Mode-
ration ? But a miftaken Shame, and a falfe Honour,
have caft you into this Misfortune : You were afraid
of making the Enemy too proud, but did not fear 1
the making them too powerful, by uniting fo many I
Nations in a Confederacy againtl you, through-
your haughty and injurious Condu(5t. What are
;h,Qfe Towers, you fo much boaft of, good for ?

unlqfs

2^6 7'he Adventures Book X.

unlefs it be to bring all your Neighbours under a
Neceflity, either of deftroying you, or perilling thein-
felves, in order to keep oft" an approaching Slavery.
You rear'd up thofe Towers for your Security only,
and it is by means of thofe very Towers, that you.
are now threatned with fo imminent a Danger.
The beft Bulwark of a State is Juftice, Mode-
ration, Integrity, and the Aflurance your Neigh-
bours have, that you will never encroach upon their
Lands. The ftrongeft Walls may fall, through a.
thoufand unforefeen Accidents ; Fortune is caprici-
ous and uncertain in War j but the Love and Con-
fidence of your Neighbours, who have experienced
your Moderation, is what renders a State invincible,,
and what makes it fcarce ever fo much as attempted
againft. Nay, though an unjufl Neighbour fliould
attack it, all the reft who are concerned in its Pre-
fervation, do prcfently take up Arms in its Defence :
The Support of fo many Nations, who find their
true Litereft in maintaining yours, would have
ftrengthened you much more, than thefe Towers,,
which render your Misfortunes irretrievable. Had
you at firft taken care to prevent the Jealoufy of all
your Neighbours, your infant City would have flou-
rifhed in a happy Tranquillity, and you would have
been the Arbiter of all the Nations of Hcfperia.
But, waving all other Confideratlons, let us now
confine ourfelves to examine which Way you can
repair what is part, by taking proper Meafures for
the Time to come. You told me juft now, that
there arc upon this Coaft feveial Greek Colonies :
Thefe People cannot but be inclin'd, from the Dic-
tates of Nature, to affilt you ; for fure they have not
forgot either the great Name of Aminos, Son of J^'pi-
4crj or your Labours in the Siege of Troy^ where you

fo

EookX. of TELEMACHUS. 237

fo often fignalized yourfelf among the Grecian
Princes, in the common Caufe of all Greece. Why
don't you endeavour to bring thofe Colonies over to
your Side.

They are ail refoiv'd, anfvver'd Idomeneus, to re-
main neuter : Not but that they had fome Inclina-
i'vcn to amil: iTiC, but they were deterred from doing
it, by the mighty Noife this City has made, from
its very Begii-ining. Thofe Grecian;^ as well as the
reH:, were afraid we had fome Dengn upon their
Liberty. They v/ere apprehenfive, th:it after we had
fiibdued the Barbaria7is of the Mountains, we ihould
pufli our Ambition vet farther. To conclude, they
are all againft us : Thofe very People, v/ho declare
not openly againft; us, would vet be glad to fee us
reduced, and the univerfal Jealoufy deprives us of all
Alliance.

O {irange Extremity ! reply'd Mentor. By en-
deavouring to appear too powerful, you ruin your
Power, and whilft you are both feared and hated
abroad by your Neighbours, you at home exhauil
yourfelf, by the valt Expences you mud needs be at
to maintain fuch a War. 0 wretched, doubly
wretched Idofnt7icus, whom even this Misfortune
has inftru61:ed but by halves ! muft you needs have
a fecond Fall to teach you to forefee the Evils which
threaten the greateft Kings ? But leave it to my Ma-
na^ ■"■ni, and only give me a particular Account of
thoic Cities that refufe to enter into an Alliance with
you.

The principal of them, faid Idomeneui^ is Tar en-
turn. About three Years ago Phalantm laid the
Foundation of it. He had got together in Laconla
a vaft Number of young Men, who were born of
Women that had forgot their abfent Hufbaiids during

the

238 ^i'f Ad VENTURES Book X.

the Siege of Troy. When thefe Huiiands came
home, the Women did all they could to pacify
them, by denying the Faults they had committed
in their Abfence. Thefe numerous Youths born
out of Wedlock, being difclaimed both by Father
and Mother, gave themlelves up to an unbounded
Licentioufnefs : But their Diforders being checlc'd
by the Severity of the Laws, they united together
under Fhalantus^ a bold, intrepid, ambitious Captain,
who, by plaufible Infinuations, had got the Domi-
nion of their Hearts. He came to this Shore with
hfs young Lacon'iam^ who have made Tarentum a
fecond Lacedcemon. On the other Side, Phibtletes,
who fignalized himfelt at the Siege of Troy by carry iiig
thither Hercules % Arrows, has rear'd in this Neigh-
bourhood the Walls of PetHia^ a City which is in-
deed lefs powerful than Tarentum^ but far more wifely
governed, Laftly, W^e have hard by us the City of
Afetapmtum, founded by the wife Nejior and his
Pylian Subjects,

How! reply'd Mentor \ have you Ne/for in Hef-
feria^ and could you not make him your Friend ?
Nejiory who faw yow fo often fight againft the
Trojans, and who then was fo much your Friend ?
I loft his Friendfhip, anfwer'd hhmcneits^ by the
Artifice of thofe People, v/ho have nothing barba-
rous but their Name ; for they had the Dexterity to
perfuade him, that my Defign was to make myfelf
the Tyrant of all Hefperia. We will undeceive
him, faid Mentor. Tclanachus faw him at Pylos^
before he came to fettle a Colony here, and before
we undertook our long Voyages in queft of Vlyjja :
He cannot yet have forgotton that Hero, nor thofe
Expreilions of Tcnderncis which he ufed to his Son
TiUmachus. But the thief Point will be to cure his

Diltruft :

BookX. of TELEMACHU^. 239

Diiir'ift : Thofe Sufpicions you railed in the Minds
o\ your Neighbours have kindled this War, and it
murt be extinguilhed by rcmovijig thofe Sufpicions.
Once more I fay, let me alone to manage it.

At thefe Words, Id.mericus^ embracing Mentor^
melted into Tears, and for a while could not fpealc
a Word, At laft, witii fonie DiiB-.-ulty, he exprefled
himfelf in this Manner: O wile old Man, fent by the
Gods to rectify all my Errors! 1 confefs, i fiiould
have had no Patience, if any other ..an durft have
tai :-: d fo freely to me as \o\x have done. I own, that
you, and none but you, can difpofe me to fue for
Peace. I was refolv'd either to conquer all my Ene-
mies, or perifh in the Attempt ; but it is much fitter
for me to be led by your wife Counfels, than by
my own Paffion. C) happy Telenmchus^ you never
can go aflray like me, fince you have fuch a Guide !
Alentor^ you may act entirely as you pleafe ; all the
Wifdom of the Gods is in you : Not even Minerva's
felf could have given more wholefome Counfel : Go,
promife, conclude, make any Conceffion that is in
my Power ; Idometieus will approve whatever you
think fit to do.

Whilft they were thus difcourfing together, there
was heaid on a fudden a confus'd Noife of Chariots,
Horfes neighing, Aden rending the Skies with horri-
ble Howlings, a.id Trumpets that fill'd the Air with
martial Clangors. The general Cry is. The Ene-
mies are come, they have gone round about to avoid
the guarded Defiles ; Thty are come j they are ready
to befiege Salc.itum. 7'he old Men and the Wo-
men are under the greateft Conflernation. Alas !
fay they, why were we fated to forfake our dear
Country, the fertile IHe of Cretet and follow an
unhappy Prince through fo many Seas, to build a
4 City

240 The Ad ventures Book X.

City which vviil now be laid in Afhcs like Tj-oy ?
They hw from the Top of their new-rais'd Walls,
the nejohbcuring Fields crowded with approaching
Enemies, whofe Helmets, Cuirafles, and Bucklers,
glittering in the Sun, dazzled the Beholders Eyes :
They faw likewife the briitling Pikes, which cover'd
the Ground, in like manner as v/hen it is cover'd
by a plenteous Crop, which Ceres is preparing in the
Fields of Euna in Sici/y during the fcorching Heats of
Summer, to recompenfc the Labours of the Husband-
man. And now they perceived the Chariots arm'd
with fnarp Scythes, and could diftinguilh the feveral
People that were come againft them.

Aientoff the better to difcover them, afcends a
lofty "lower , Idomcncus and Tdemachus follov/ near
him: He was no fuoner come there, but he percei-
ved on one Side Philo^etes^ and on the other' Ncjior
with his Son Plfijlratus. Ncjlor was eafily known
by his venerable old Age. What, cry'd ?Acntor^
you thought, O hlomeneus, th:\t PkiloStetes and AV-
Jhr would only remain neuter ! But fee, they have
taken Arms againft you ; and, if I miliake not,
thofe other Troops which march in fo good Order,
and in i'o kifurely a Manner, are a Body of Laccde-
moniaru-, commanded by Phalantus. All are againft
you ; there is no neighbouring Nation upon this Coaft
whom you have not made your Enemy, without de-
figning it.

Having thus fpoke, Mtintor haftens down from
the Tov/er; makes towaids one of the City Gates,
on that Side v/here the Enemy v.'ere advancing, and
caufes it to be opened. Jdonienciis^ furprized at his
niajeftic Deportment in doing thefe Things, dvrft
not fo much as anc him what was his Dcfign, Mentor
waves with his Hand, that no "body fhould follow

him

Book X. cf r E LEMACHU S. 241

him. He goes diredly towards the Enemy:, who
were amazed to fee a fingle Man prefenting himfelf to
them; he holds up to them at a Diftance an Olive-
branch as a Token of Peace ; and when he was come
within hearing, he requir'd them to convene their
Commanders, who inftantly affembling themfelves to-
gether, he thus fpoke to them :

O generous Men, aifembled oat of fo many Na-
tions that fiourilh in rich Hefperia ; I know what
brings you hither is only the common Intereft of Li-
berty. Your Zeal 1 commend ; but fuffer -me to point
out to you an eafy Way to preferve the Liberty and
Honour of all your People without the Eifulion of
human Blood.

O Nefior^ O v^ife Nejior, whom I perceive in
this Aflembly, you know full well how dreadful
War is, even to thole whojuftly undertake it, under
the Protedlion of the Gods ! War is the greaieft
Evil with which the Gods afHidl Mankind. You
can never forget what the Greeks fu.'-Ter'd for I'en
long Years before the curfed Walls of Troy. What
Divifions were there among the Leaders ! What
Caprices of Fortune! What Havock of the Greeks
was made by He^ors Sword ! What Defolatiou
in all the mod powerful Cities caus'd by the War
during the tedious Abfence of their Kings ! In their
Return home, fome fufi'er'd Shipwreck at the Pro-
montory of Cnphareus ; and others met a fatal Death
even in the Bofum of their Spoufes. O ye God.^,
'twas in your Wrath you arm'd the Greeks for that
glorious Expedition ! O ye Inhabitants of Hfjperia,
1 wifh the Gods may never grant you fo ruinous
a Vi6lory ! Troy it is true, is now in Allies ; but it
had been better for the Grecians^ were fhe liill in all
M her

2^2 The Adventures Book X.

her Glory, and that bafe Paris had ftill enjoy 'd un-
jiioleikd, his infamous Pleafures with Helena. O i
Philofiete!., you who ha^ e been fo long unhappy,
and abandun'd in the Ifle of Lentnos.y do you not fear
to meet with the like Difafters in another War? I
know that the People of Lacon'ia have likewife expe-
lienc'd -great Mifery, occafion'd by the long Abfence
of their Princes, Captain.?, and Soldiers, who went
sgainll: the Trojans. O Grecians., you who are come
into Hefperiuy your coming hither was only occafion'd
by a Train of Misfortunes, which were the fad Con-
kquences of the Trojan VVar I

After Mentor had faid this, he goes forward to-
wards the Pylians; and Ne/ior^ knowing him again,
advanced likewife to falute him. O Mentor^ faid
he to him, I am glad to fee you again : 'Tis now
many Years fmce I firfl faw you in Phocis :^ You
were then but fifteen Years of Age : but yet I even
then forefaw that you would prove as wife a Man as
1 now find you to be. Pray let me know by what
Accident you was brought into thefe Parts, and what
Expedient you defign to propofe in order to pre-
vent this War, which Idoineneus has brought upon
himfelf ? He has forced us to attack him: We defire
nothing but Peace: It was the general Intercft of
every one of us to defire it : But we could no longer
live fecure with him : He has violated all his Engage-
ments with his nearell: Neighbours : Peace with him
would not be Peace : but only an Opportunity for
him to break our League, which is our only Refource.
Ke had too plainly difcover'd to all the other People
his ambitious Delign of enflaving them, and has left
us no other Means to defend our Liberty, than the
uling our utmoft Endeavours to overthrow his new

King .

BookX. ofTELEMACHUS. 143

Kingdom. His Breach of Faith has reduc'd us to
the Neceflity either oF deflroying him, or becoming
his Slaves. Now if you can find a Way to remove
our juft Fears, and fettle a firm and la(l:ing Peace, all
thofe Nations whom you fee here, will willingly lay
down their Arms, and with Joy confefs that you ex-
cell us in Wifdom.

Mentor anfwer'd : You know, wife Ne/loi\ that
UlyJJes committed his Son Tcletriachui to my Care,
This young Man, impatient to know what was
become of his Father, went firfi: to Pylos^ where
you gave him all the kind Reception he could ex-
pert from one of his Father's cordial Friends : You
likewife appointed your own Son to conduct him
on his Way : He after this undertook great Voyages
at Sea ; he has vifited Sicily^ Egypt, the lile of
Cyprus, and that of Crete ; and at laft the Winds,
- or rather the Gods, have driven him on this Shore,
as he endeavour'd to return to Ithaca : And we are
come here very feafonably to prevent the Mifchief*
of a furious War, 'Tis not Ido?jie7zetis, but the Son
of the wife UlyJJes, and myfelf, who will now anfwer
for the Performance of every thing that fhall be il:i-
pulated.

While Mentor was thus difcourfing with Nejlor in
the Middle of the Confederate Troops, ldo?ncncus
and Telemachus, with all the Cretans in Arms, kept
their Eyes fix'd on him from the Top of the Walls
of Sahntutn : Their Thoughts were intent how AIc?:^
tor's Propofals would be received, and they would
have been glad to have heard the wife Conferences of
thofe two old Men. Nefior had been ever cfteem'd
the moft experienc'd and mort: eloquent of all the
Grecian Kings ; It v.'as he who during the Siege • of
M 2 rrcy.

24^ 1'f'^ Adventures Book X.

Troy^ curb'd and reftrain'd Achilles^ boiling Wrath,
Agamcmmns Pride, Jjax's Fiercenefs, and the im-
petuous Courage of Diomedes : Soft Perfuafion
flow'd from his Lips like a Stream of Hioney : His
Voice alone was always liften'd to by all thofe He-
roes who were filent whenever he began to fpeak :
He alone knew how to appeafe wild Difcord in
the Camp. The Infirmities of frofty Age began
indeed to creep on him, but yet his Expreffions were
full of Strength and Sweetnefs : He repeated Things
pad in order to inftruct Youth by his confummate
Experience ; and though he was fomewhat flow of
Speech, yet he delivered himfelf with admirable
Grace.

This old Man, fo much admir'd throughout Greece^
feem'd to have loft all his Majefty and Eloquence as
loon as Mmtor appear'd with him. He feem'd per-
fcdily wither'd and deprefs'd with Years, as he flood
by Mentor \ whereas old Age feem'd to rerpc6i: and
reverence Mentors ftrong and vigorous Conftitution.
Mentor ?> Words, tho' grave and plain, carry'd along
with them a Sprightlinefs and Authority which began
fo be wanting in Nejhrs : Whatever he fpoke was
concife, cxadt, nervous ; he never us'd vain Repeti-
tions, never departed from the Point in hand. If
he was oblig'd to fpeak often of the fame Thing,
the better to inculcate it, or to perfuade others, he
did it by a new Turn, and by fenfible Comparifon?.
He had a certain ineffable Complaifance and Gaiety,
whenever he had a mind to infinuate fome Truth,
or adapt himfelf to the Occafions of thofe he had
to deal with. Thofe two venerable Men yielded
a moving fort of Spedtacle to fo many affembled
Nations. While all the Allies that were come

asainft

BookX. cfTELEMACHUS. i^i

againft Salenttim crov/ded upon one another to hear
their wife Difcourfe, Idomeneus^ with his People,
endeavour'd, with greedy and attentive Looks to
find out the meaning of their Geftures and Coua-
tenances.

The END of the TENTH BOOK.

M 3

THE

THE

ADVENTURES

O F

TE L E MACHUS.

BOOK XI.

The ARGUMENT.

Te!emachus,y^«;?^ Mentor amid/i the Confederates, has
a m'md to kno-w what pajjes between them. He caufes
the Gates of Salentum to be opened to him, goes and
joins Mentor, and his Prefence contributes to make thi
Allies accept the Conditions of Peace which Mentor
propcfed to them on the Part £/" Idomeneus. Ido-
jneneus, ^vho7n Mentor fends for out of the City into
the Army, accepts of all the Articles that had been a-
greed on. Hofages are cxchang'd, and a common Sa-
crifice is made between the City and the Camp, :n Con^
firmation of this Alliance. The Kings enters Salentum
fis Friends.

AND

« #

:bovAo£l

Book XT. 'The Adv IN TURES, &'c. 247

N D now, Telcmachus, being grown
impatient, flips from the Multitude
that were about him, runs to the
Gate Mentor went out at, and im-
pcrioufly orders it to be opened. Pre-
Idomcneui^ who thought he was Hill
wondcr'd to fee him running crofs the
Fields, and making towards Ne/ior. hJeJior knew
him ao-ain, and made all the Hafte, his Age allow'd,
to go and meet him. Telcmochus flew to embrace
him, and grafp'd him in his Arms without bein^j
able to fpeak. At laft he cry'd out : O my Father,
for I am not afraid to call you {o \ the Misfortune
of not finding my true Father, and the generous Fa-
vours I have received from you, give me a Right to
ufe that endearing Name ! My Father, my dear Fa-
ther, how blefs'd am I to fee you, and oh that I coulJ
fee UlyOes too ; Yet if any thing could make me
amends for being deprived of him, "tis certainly the
finding him again in you.

Nejior could not refrain from weeping at thefg
Words, and he was touch'd with a fecret Joy in
feeing thofe Tears which with wonderful Grace ran
down Telcmachus's Cheeks. The Beauty, Gentle-
nefs, and noble Aflurance of this unknown Youth,
who without any manner of Apprehenfion, crofs'd
through fo many Enemies, flruck all the Confederates
with Amazement. May not this, faid they, be the
Son of that old Man, who came to fpeak with
Nejior ? It muft be fo ; he can be no other, they
have both the fame Wifdom, in the two oppofite
Seafons of Life. In the one, fhe only begins to
bloffom ; in the other, fhe bears a plentiful Harvcfl of
the ripefl Fruits.

M 4 Mentor^

24S The Adventures Book XL

Mentor^ who was highly pleafed to fee how effec-
tionately Nefior received Telernachus, laid hold of
that happy Opportunity, and j^faid to him : This is
the Son of XJlyJJesy fo dear to all Greece, and to your-
feif, O wife ']>JeJicr ! Here I deliver him up to you
as an Hoflage, and the moft precious Pledge that can
be given you for the faithful Performance of Idofite/icus's
Promifcs. You may eafily imagine, that i fhould be
forry if the Lofs of the Son ibould follow that of the
Father, and that the unhappy Penelope fhould up-
braid Mentor v/ith facrificing her Son to the Ambi-
tion of the new King of SaUnturn. With this
Pledge, who voluntarily offers himfclf to you, and
whom the Gods, who are Lovers of Peace, have fent
to you, I will proceed to lay before thefe aflembled
Nations, fuch Propofals, as may eftabliihafolid Peace
to all future Ages,

At the Mention of Peace, there was heard a con-
fufed Noife among the Ranks. All thofe different
Nations murmur'd with Anger and Refcntment,
thinking fo much Time loft as was fpent without
fighting : They fancied that the Intent of all thefe
Speeches was only to fufpend their Fury, and by
that means to rob them of their Prey. The Man-
durians in particular were enraged, to think that Ido'
merietis Tnould ever have it in his Power to deceive
them again : They often attempted to interrupt
Mentor^ fearing Icff his wife Difcourfes (bould draw
off their Allies ; nay, they began to diflruft all the
Greeks that were in the Aiiembly. Mentor perceiving
this, made it his Bufinefs to increafe their Jealoufy,
the better to difunite the Counfels of thofe different
Nations.

I confcfs, faid he, that the Mandurians have juft
Reafon to complain, and to demand Satisfadlion for

the

Book XI. of rE L EMACEUS. 249

the Wrongs that have been done them ; bjt ihen-
again, it is not reafonable that the Greeks^ who plant
Colonies in this Country, fliould be fufpeded, and
odious to the ancient Natives of the Place. On
the contrary, the Greeks ought to be united to-
gether, and make themlelves refpeded by others :
The only thing they mull obferve, is to be con-
tented vi^ith what they enjoy, and never to invade
the Territories of their Neighbours. I know that
Idofmneus has been fo unhappy as to occafion Jea-
loufies among you ; but it will be no difficult Mat-
ter to remove all your Sufpicions : Tslcmachns and
rrjyfelf offer to become Hoftages ; we will be an-
fWerable for Idomeneus's Integrity, and will reinaia
in your Hands till every thing that {hall be pro-
mifed is faithfully performed. What you arc in-
cenfed at, O Manchivians^ is that the Cretan Troopa
have feiz'd by Surprise the Paifages of your Moun-
tains; and thereby can, in defpite of you, enter,
wiienever they pleafc, the Territories, whither you
retired when you left them the flat Country near
the Seafhore. The Defiles which the Cretans have-
fortified with high Towers, full of armed Men, are
therefore the real Caufe of this War. Pray anfwer
me, can you alledge any other ?

Upon this, the Chief of the Manchrians came
forwards', and fpoke thus : Have we left any thing
unattempted to avoid this War \ I'he Gods are
our Witneljes that we did not renounce Peace, till
Peace had irrecoverably fled from us, through the
reftlefs Ambition of the Cretans^ and the Impoffibi-
lity of truflring to their Oaths again. Senfelefs
Nation ! who forced us againfi: our Will, to t he-
hard Neccflity of ading a delperate Part againfi:
them, and feeking our Safety in their Ruiiu As>
M 5 long

250 The Adventures Book Xf.

long as they keep thofe PaiTes, we fhall ever believe
that they mean to encroach upon our Lands, and to
bring us under Subjedion. If they really intended
to live in Peace with their Neighbours, they would
be contented with what we fo voluntarily ) ielded up
to them, and would not labour to preferve an En-
trance into a Country, upon whole Liberty they
have no ambitious Defign, But you know them
not, O wife old Man j whereas, to our great Mif-
fortune, we know them but too well. Ceafe then,
thou Favourite of the Gods, ceafe to obfl-rudl a
Warfojuft and necefiary ; without which Hefperla
can never hope to enjoy a lafting Peace. O un-
grateful, treacherous, and cruel Nation, whom the
angry Gods have {cnt amongft us to trouble our Re-
pole, and punifh us for our Faults ! Yet, after you
have punifhed us, O ye Gods, you will revenge us
too : Neither will you be lefs juft to our Enemies than
10 us.

At thefe Words all the Aflembly was in an Emo-
tion ; it feem'd as if Mars and Bellona went from
Rank to Rank, rekindling in each Brcaft the Rage
of War, which Mentor endeavoured to quench j who
thus refum'd his Difcourfe :

Had I nothing but Promifes to make to you,
you might refufe to trufl to them : But the Things
I offer to you are real, and before your Eyes. Jf
you are not content to have Teieinaihui and myfelf
for Hoflages, I will caufe to be put into your Hands
twelve of the moft noble and valiant Cretans : But
it is jull that you iikev/ife Ihould give Hoftagcs ;
for though Ichmeneiis fincerely dcfires Peace, yet it is
not through Fear or Cowardice that he dciires it :
He defnes Peace jufl: as you yourfelvcs fay you defire
it, upon Principles of Wifdom and Moderation, aiid

not

Book XI. ofTELEMACHUS. 25?

not ou, of a bafe Love of an eafy effeminate Life,
nor out of Fear of the impending Dangers of War.
He is prepar'd either to die or to conquer ; but he
prefers Peace to the moft pompous VicStory. He
would be afhamed to fear being overcome ; but he
fears to ht unjuft, and is not afhamed to redrefs what
he has done amifs. Though he offers Peace with-
Sword in hand, be is not for prefcribing the Condi-
tions of it with Imperioufnefs ; for he fets no Va-
lue upon a forced Peace : He would have a Peace,
which fhould be to the Satisfaction of all Parties j a
Peace that may for ever put an end to all Jealoufies,
allay all Refentments, and remove all Diftrufts. In a
word, Ido'ne-'ieiis has all thofe Sentiments which I am
fare you with he fnouid have. All that now remains
to be done is, to perfuade you into a Belief of it ;
which will be no difficult Ta(k, provided you will
hear me calmly, and without Prejudice.

Liflen then, O ye warlike Nations ; and you,
O ye wife and united Captains j give ear to what I
offer you from Idomenens. It is not jufl", that he
fhouldjiave it in his Power to enter the Countries of
his Neighbours ; nor is it juft, that his own Territo-
ries (hould be expofed to the Incurfions from them :
He therefore conlents, that thofe Paffes which he has-,
fortified with high Towers, may be kept by neutral
Troops. You Nejlor^ and you Philoctetes.i are Gfeeis
by Birth ; yet, upon this Occafion, you have de-
clared againll l(h?mneiis; and therefore you cannot
be fufpe£ted of being too partial to his Intcrclls.
What animates you is the common Intereft of the
Repofe and Liberty of Hefperia; be you then the
Truftees and Keepers of thofe Defiles which occa-
fton'd this War. You have no lefs Reafon, nor
is it lefs your Intereft, to hinder the old Lihabitants

0^

252 51'^ Ad VEN T u R Es Book XI.

of Hefperia from deftroying Salentiwiy a new Grecian
Colony, like that which you have founded, than to
hinder Idomeneus from ufurping the Lands of his
Iskighbours. Do you keep an equal Balance between
both of them ; and, inftead of carrying Fire and
Sword among a People whom you ought to love, re-
ferve to yourfelves the Honour of being Judges and
Mediators. You will undoubtedly anfwer, that you
would be extremely pleafed with thefe Propofals, could
you be fure that Idomeneus would faithiully perform
them : And, as to this point, I am going to give you
Satisfad^ion.

For the Security of both Parties, there will be
the Ko'lages I mentioned before, to continue till all
thofe Deliles be put into your Polleflion. Now,
when the Safety of all Hejperia^ and even that of
^alentum and Idomeneus^ Ihall be at your Mercy,
will you not be contented ? What can you diftrulfc
after this, unlefs you are afraid of yourfelves ? Yovi
dare not truft to Idomeneus ; and yet Idomeneus is fo
far from having any Defign of deceiving you, that
he is willing to truft you. Yes, he will entruft you
with the Repofe, Lives, and Liberties of all his
People, together with himfelf. If you are really
defirous of a good Peace, behold fhe offers herfelf
to you, and leaves you no Pretence for rejedling her.
Once again, think not that 'tis Fear obliges Idomeneus
to make you thefe Offers ; no, 'tis Wiidom and
Jnftice that engage him to take this Courfe ; nor
fljall it affccSt him in the leaft, fliould you impute to
his Weaknefs what is the Effeft of his Virtue. In
his firft Attempts he committed fome Faults, and he
glories in acknowledging them as fuch, by prevent-
ing your Demands in this Manner. '1 is Weaknefs,
'us ridiculous Vanity, 'tis ftupid Ignorance of a
2 Man's

BookXi. of rELEMACHUS. 255

Man's own Intereft, to think to hide his Faults by
endeavouring to maintain them with Pride and
Haughcinefs. He, who owns his Faults to his Enemy
and offers to repair them, (hews thereby, that he
can never m.ore enter upon Thoughts of committing
them, and that at the iame time the Enemy has all
things to fear from lo wife and fo (leady a Condudi,
unlels he makes Peace. Beware, left you give him,
in his turn, Occafion to lay the Blame at your
' Door. If you flight Peace and Juftice which now
offer thcmfeives to you, Peace and Juftice will take
their Revenge. Idomenev.s^ who before ought to have
feared the Gods would have been incenfed againft
liim, will now have them on his Side againft you.
Telemachus and myfelf will fight in this good Caufe ;
and I call all the Gods, bi-th celefcLal and infernal,.
to be Witneffes of the juft Propofals that I now make
to you.

At thefe Words, Mentor lifted up his Arm on
high, to fiiew to the People the Olive-Branch which
he had in his Hand, in token of Peace. The Com-
manders, who were nearer him, were aftonifhed
and dazzled with the Divine Light which darted
from his Eyes ; he look'd with a certain A'lajefty
and Authority, far beyond what is ever {^tx\ in the
moft eminent among Mortals. The Charms of his
fvveet, yet commanding, Eloquence ftole away all
Hearts: It was like thofe enchanting Spells which,
in the deep Silence of the Night do, on a fudden,
ftop, in the midft of Heaven, the Motion of the
Moon and Stars, calm the raging Sea, fupprefs the
Winds, make the Billows fubfide, and fufpend the
Courfe of rapid Streams.

Mentor feem'd in the Middle of thefe furious Peo-
ple like Bacchus when he was iurrounded by Tygers,

who.

254 ^^^ Adventures Book XI.
who, forgoing their natural Fiercenefs, and attra£led
by the Efficacy of his foft, melodious Voice, came
and lick'd his P'eet, and favvningly paid Submiliion
to him. At firft, a deep Silence wasobferv'd through-
out the whole Army ; the Commanders gazed on
one another, unable to refift this Man, or compre-
hend what he was. All the Troops were motion-
lefs, and kept their Eyes fixed upon him ; not daring
to fpeak or make the leaft Noife, for fear he /hould
have fomething farther to fay, and they fhould ob-
ftru£l his being heard. Though they thought it im-
poflible that what he had faid could be capable of
any Addition, yet they wifhed his Speech had been
longer : Every thing he had faid remain'd, as it were,
engraven in their Hearts. As he fpoke he comman-
ded at once the Love and Belief of his Hearers; and
every one was greedily attentive to catch the leaft
Syllable that iflued out of his Mouth.

After a continued Silence for fome time, a kind
of a foft Noife began to fpread itfelf by little and
little. It was not now the confufed Noife oi Peo-
ple murmuring with indignation; on the contrary,
'tw-'as a gentle favourable Whifpering. Each Man's
Face dilcovered a certain Serenity, and an Afpect
already meeken'd. The Alandur'tans^ who were fo-
highly provok'd, let their Weapons drop to the
Ground. The rough Phalantus^^ with his Lacedetno-
r.ian's^ were furprizcd to feel their Hearts fo moilif/'d.
The others began to figh for that happy Peace wh;ch
had been fet to their View. PhiloSictes, who by ex-
periencing the Hardfhips of Fortune, was more fen-
lible than any other, could not with hold his Tears.
Nejior^ not being able to fpeak for the Tranfports
in which this Difcourfe had put him, affectionately
cmbrac'd Mentor^ without being able to utter a

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Book XI. oftELEMACHUS, 255

Word J and al! the People at once, as upon a Signal
given, cry'd out, O wife old Man, you havedifarm'd
us ! Peace ! Peace !

Nejhr^ a Moment after this, was going to begin
another Speech, but all the Troops being impatient,
and fearing left he fhould ftart fome Difficulty, once
again, cry'd out Peace ! Peace ! Nor would they
give over, till they had made all their Leaders cry out
with them, Peace! Peace!

Nejhr, perceiving it was no time to make a fet
Speech, contented himfelf with faying : You fee,
O Mentor^ what wonderful Efficacy the Words of
a good Man have. When Wifdom and Virtue
fpeak, they hufh all the boifterous Paffions ; our
juft Refentments change into Priendfhi-p, and four
Animofities into Wifhes for a durable Peace. W>
accept the Peace you offer us. At the fame time
ail the Commanders held up their Hands in token of
Confent.

Mentor ran to the City Gate to caufe it to be
opened, and to bid Idommcus come forth now with-
out any Fear. Nejhr^ in the mean time, embraced
Teletnachus^ and faid to him ; Thou amiable Son of
the wifeft of all the Greeks^ may'fl thou be no lefs
wife, but far more happy than he I Have you learnt
nothing concerning him .'' The Memory of your Fa-
ther, whom you fo much refemble, has heip'd to ftifle
our Indignation. Phalaatus-, though rough and fierce,,
and though he had never feen Ulyjfes^ could not be
unmov'd at his and his Son's Miijfortunes. And now
they were going to prefs Tcleinachus to relate what had
befallen him, when Mentor return'd v. ith ldo7ner.eus^
and all the Cretan Youth attending him.

At the fight of Idanaum^ the Allies felt their

Refentments kindling a frelh j but Mentor ^ Vv'ords

2 quench'd

256 The Adventures Book XL

quencii'd the growing Fire. Why do we delaj'', faid
he, to conclude this holy Alliance, of which the
Gods will be both Witnefles and Defenders ? May
they revenge it, if any impious Wretch dare to
violate it, and may all the Horrors of War, iniiead
of overwhelming the faithful and innocent. -People,
fall on the perjui'd execrable Head of that ambitious
Man, who fliall flight the facred Ties of this Al-
liance ! May he be hated by Gods and Men !
May he never enjoy the Fruit of his Perfidy ! May
the infernal Furies, under the molt hideous Forms,
appear to him, and fill him with Rage and Dcfpair !
May he be ftruck dead, without any hope of Burial !
May his Body become a Prey to Dogs and Vultures !
And may he for ever be more feverely tormented
than Tantalus^ Ix'ion^ and the Danatds, in the deep

Abyfs of Tartarus! But no, rather may this

Peace be as firm and immoveable as the Mountain
of Jtlas, that fupports the Heavens I May all thefe
People religioufly obferve it, and tafte the Fruits of
it from Generation to Generation ! May the Naines
of thofe who fhall have fvvorn to it, be ever com-
memorated with Love and Reverence, by latcft Po-
fterity ! May this Peace, founded on Juftice and
Integrity, be a Model of every Peace, that fhall
hereafter be made among all the Nations of the Earth i
And may all People who are defirous to rafte the Hap-
pincfs of Peace and Union, imitate the Fxaniple of
thofe of Hefpcria !

At theib Words, Idomeneus, with the other
Kings, fwore to maintain the Peace, on the Con-
ditions agreed toj and twelve Hoftages were ex-
chang'd o;i both Sides. Teiemachus would needs be
one of the Hoffrjes for Idomencus, but Mentor
was not allow'd to be one of them, becauie the Al-
lies

BookXI. of TELEMACHUS. 157

lies defired that he might remain with Idomeneust to
have an Eye upon him and his Counlellors, till
the entire Execution of the Articles fworn 10, Be-
tween the Town and the Camp were facriciced an
hundred Heifers, white as Snov/, and as mai.y Bulls
of the fame Colour, whofe Horns were gilded and
adorned v/ith Garlands. The dreadful BeJlov/ings
of the Vidiims thaj: fell beneath the holy Knife,
made all the neighbouring Hills refound ; the reek-
ing Blood frrcarn'd oh all Sides j-exquilite Wines
were in Abundance pour'd out for the Libations 5
the Harufpices confulted the panting Entrails : And
the Priefis burnt upon the Altar; vr;^ Quantities
of Incenfe, which form'd a thick Cloud, and per-
fum'd all the Country round- with the fweet Odour
thereof.

Mean while, the Soldiers on both Sides, regarding'
each other no longer as Enemies, began to enteriaia
one another with their Adventures j they already gave
a Relaxation to their Labours, and did beforehand
tafte the Sweets of Peace. Many of thofe, who had
follow'd Idomeneus to the Siege of Troy^ knew agaia.
the Soldiers of Ne/ior^ who had fought in the fame
War. They afFe£lionately embraced each other,
and mutually related what had befallen them, after
they had ruined that towering City, the Ornament of
z\\/ifia. And now they lay down on the Grafs, crown'd
themfclves with Elowers, and quaffed the Wine that
was brought from the Town in large Veliels to cele-
brate fo happy a Day.

Of a fudden Mentor faid : O Kings ! O ye af-
fembled Captains ! henceforth, under feveral Names,
and feveral Leaders, you (hall be but one People j*
for thus the juft Gods, who are Lovers of Men
wliom they created, are pleafed to be the eternal Tie

of

258 Ti^^ Ad V E N TUR E s Book XI.

of their perfe6l Concord. All Mankind is but one
Family, fpread over the Face of the whole Earth.
All Men are Brethren, and, as fuch, ought to love
each other. Curfe on thofe impious Wretches,
who feelc a cruel Glory in the Blood of their Bre-
thren, Vv'hich is indeed their own Blood ! War, it's
true, is fometimes necefTary ; but it is a Shame to
Humanity that ic fliould be inevitable in more fa-
vourable Circumftances. O ye Kings ! think not
that War ought to be defired for the Acquifition of
Glory. True Glory is not to be foun.d feparate fiom
Humanity. Whoever prefers his Ambition before
a Senfe of Humanity, is a Monfter of Pride, not a
Man j and Ihall never attain any other than a falfe
Glory; for true Glory confifts folely in Modera-
tion and Goodnefs. Men, indeed, may flatter him,
to gratify his foolilh Vanity ; but when they are in
fecret, and may fpeak their Minds fmcerely, they
will fay of him, that he has fo much the lefs deferv'd
Glory, as he has defired it with an unwarrantable
Paffion. Men ought not to have any Efteem for him
at all, fince he has fo little valued Men, and has
been fo lavifli of their Blood, through brutal Vanity.
Happy is that King, who loves his People, and is be-
loved by them ; mio confides in his Neighbours, and
I in whom his Neighbours confide ; who, inftead of
making War upon them, prevents any War they
may have with one another j and who gives Occa-
fion to all the foreign Nations to envy the Happi-
nefs of his Subjeds, in having him for their King.
Refolve then to meet from time to time, O you
who govern the mofl powerful Cities of Hefperia !
agree to meet once in three Years in a general h(-
lembly, where all the Kings here prefent may at-
tend tQ renew the Alliance by a frefh Oath, to

ftrengthen

Book XI. of TELE MACHUS. 259

ftrengthen the promifed Friendfliip, and to confult
about your common Intereft. As long as you are
united, you will enjoy in this fine Country, Tranquil-
lity, Glory, Plenty ; and abroad you will always be
invincible. It is only Difcord, thw Child of Hell, and
feat from thence to torment Mortals ; it is only flie,
I fay, that can difturb the Felicity which the Gods
are preparing for you.

Nejhr reply'd, You fee by the Readinefs with
which we came into the Peace, how far we are from
defu'ing War out of V-ain-glory, or an unjuft Eager-
nefs to aggrandize ourfelves at the Expence of our
Neighbours. But pray what's to be done when we
find ourfelves near a violent Prince, who knows no
Law but his Intereft, and who negledls no Opportu-
nity of invading the Territories of other States ?
Think not that I glance at Ido?neneus ; no, I have no
longer fuch a Thought of him ; 'tis Adrajlm., King
of the DaimianSy from whom we have every thing to
fear. He contemns the Gods, and thinks that all
Mankind are only born to be fubfervient to his Glory,
and to be his Slaves, He will not have Subje(5ts of
whom he may be both the King and Father j he mufl
have blaves and Adorers, and have divine Honours
paid him. Hitherto blind Fortune has favour'd his
unrighteous Enterprizes. We haflen'd to attack Sa^
lentum^ to get rid of the weakeft of our Enemies,
who had juft begun to eftablifh himfelf upon this
Coaft, with a Refolution to turn our Forces after-
wards upon that other more powerful Enemy. He
has already taken feveral Towns frorp our Allies ; the
Crotonians have already loft two Battles in fighting
againft him j he fticks at nothing to gratify his Am-
bition ; Force or Fraud is all alike to him, provided
he can but crufh his Enemies. He has amaf^'d to-
gether

2 6o The Adventures, Cs'c. Book XI.

gether vaft Treafures ; his Troops are difciplin'd and
harden'd to War ; his Generals are experienc'd j he
is well obey'd ; he himfelf inceffantly watching over
all thofe who acl by his Order : He levcrcly punifiies
the leait Faults ; and largely rewards the Services
that are done him : His perfonal Valour fuftains and
animates that of his Troops : H^e would be an ac-
complifh'd King, if he fquar'd his Actions by the
Rules of Juflice and Integrity ; but he neither dreads
the Gods, nor the Upbraidings of his Confcience :
Reputation he reckons as nothing; he looks upon it
as a vain Phantom, which can affect none but poor,
low, groveling Spirits ; he efteems nothing as a real
and folid Good, but the Advantage of polltlTing great
Riches, the being dreaded, and trampling all Man-
kind under foot. His Army will foon appear upon
our Territories j and if the Union of fo many People
prove ineffectual againft him,- there is an End of our
Liberty. It is therefore the Intereft of Idomenus^ as
well as ours, to oppofe this tyrannical Neighbour,
who can fuffer nothing free to be near him. If we
Ibould be ever overcome, Salentum would be threat-
en'd with the fame Mifery : Therefore let us haften
jointly to prevent it. Whilft Nejlor was thus fpeak-
ing, they mov'd towards the City ; for Idomeneus had
invited all the Kings, and the principal Commanders,
to come and paf3 the Night there.

The END of the FIRST VOLUME.

A N

A N

D E X

O F T H E

Principal Matters

Contain'd in the

First Volume,

C E S T E S, King of Sicily Page 47

— • is attack'd by the Barbarians 50

— ■ gains all manner of Advantages over

them by the Airiftance pf Telemachus
and Mentcr ^ I

his Gratitude to them S'jS^

Achilles 97

AcHiTOAS, a fine Player on the Harp 193
•■ ■ his Jealoufy of Mentor, who touch'd it better

than himfelf 196

Adoam, who he is 182

■ his Friend (liip to Telemachus iqz

Adonis, torn in Pieces by a wild Boar 195

Ad RA ST us, King of theZ)«K«/«»j, his Character 259,6?'^.

i^iOLUS,

Ai^ INDEX.

JEoLUS, Defcription of him Pa^e 1! J

Agamemnon, his Pride mitigated by Ne/Icr 244.

Age, the Golden One 197

AjA^flfc 24.1-

Ambition, the Caufe of all Mens Misfortunes, the Cure
of it 118

Amphitrite, a Defcription of her 115

Anchises 4^

Apollo, why banifh'd Heaven, his Employment upon
Earth 61, 66

,— why recaliM 66, 67

Apulians, the very Look of them is dreadful 233

Aristodemus, his Charader 143

. accepts the Kingdom of Crete, but on

three remarkable Conditions 1 45

. . 7 he Simplicity of the Prefents he makes

to Hazael 145, 146

. — . hisGratitudeto Mentor and Telcmachus 146

AiTARBE, her Cunning in hiding her Hatred frona Pyg-
malion^ who lov'd her 92
. ihe loves Melacbon, but in vain, flie revenges
herfelf cnhim for his Scorn g], 94
_. {he is in love with Joazar, and facrifices to ihat
Paffion, and to her Ambition, P\gmalious
two Sens ii?2, 183

. • (he poiibns Pygmalion i?5

.. how fbe efcapes the Fury of the Populace 1 S8

i • (he poifons herfelf 1 90

ASTREA -03

At HAMAS, deluded by A'^/Zkb* 211

. his Miftake 212,213

Atlas _ ^5^
Avarice, its pernicious EfFe£ls €0,81,82
the Cretans punifli it * ' 9

BAG-

An INDEX.

B.

B

ACCHUS, Page 103

Baleazar, {entto Samos, where he is thrown into

the Sea 1S2, 183

., he efcapes by fwimming 183

after his Father's Death, he returns to

Tjrf, and isproclaim"d King 188
his good Londud igi.CS'^

Beauty, a modell Beauty more to be fear'd than one lefs
referv'd 157, 158

Boetica, the Name whence deriv'd 196

. .. aDefcript on of that fine Country, and the ad-
mirable Manners of its Inhabitants 197, ^c.
BocCHORis, (accecds Se/ojiris, his Character 70

. his Violence caufes a Revolt 72

. in which he perilhes 73

Brundusium 232, 233

Brutians, their Swifmefs in running il;i(^.

C.

CALYPSO, is difconfolate for the Departure of
Uhifes 36

i — — ■ the Arrival o^Tekmachus comforts her37

Defcription of that Goddefs and her

Grotto 38, 39

. .. the Entertainment {he made ^oxTelemachus^

wth whom (he falls in Love 41, 42

1, her Care of him 98

«__ . {he can't endure Mentor \o\

- . . her Eagernefs to make Telemachus in

Love ^ .155

, . her Jealoufy of him, for being in Love

\\'\\.h. Eucharis 161

. her Defire to have him and Mf«/fl/- leave

her Ifland 165

_ her Rage againft them i68

— -■- her Nymphs burn their Shi{> 176

Capharevs

An INDEX.

Caphareus Page 241

Carthage : See Dido

Cerberus 195

Cestus j he wiio was to be King oi Crete, muft excel all

his Competitors in this Sort of Combat

.27

CHARiOT-Races ; to be chofen King of Crete, one mult

gain the Prize f;-om all tl^at drive 1 27, i zS

Commerce, its Praife, the Way to ellabiilh it 85, 86

why it won't thrive, if a King intermeddles '6j

Conquerors, their true Definition 201

Counsellors of Princes, the Charafler of good and
bad ones 60, 61

Country Life, its Charms 66

Courage, is prejudicial without VVifdom and Prudence

72, 228
■ ■ ■ in what itconfiils I48

Crantor, his Eagernefs and Stratagems, tho' in vain,
to gain the Prize from "Teiemachus in the Cha-
riot-Races 12S
Crete, the Island fo called 117
Crotoniaks, their Skill in Ihooting Arrows 233
Cupid only carelles to betray 157, 171
Curiosity, in u hat refpeft it ought chiefly to be re-
llrained 222
Cyclops - 4^
Cyprus, a Dcfcrlption of thatlfland, and the voluptuous
Manners of its Inhabitants 105, is'c.
Cythera 1C5

D^ D A L U S 1 ? I

Danaids l!^0

Death, how we ought to be behave in that Article 145

Diadem 185

Dido, thc'Reaibn of her Defpair, which induces her to

fly 79. 80

Dl0M£U£S;

An I N D E X.

DlOMgDES Page 223

Dissimulation, the Cr^/^w/ punifli it HQ

Distinction, the only one that ought to be allowed

2CO

Distrust, this Paffion well defcflbed _ 80, 81

E

EDUCATION, the good Fruits of well educating
Children, 118

Effeminate Man, his Charadler 93

Egypt, its Plenty 56

■ ' ■ its good Government 57

Elysian Fields, Defcription of this bleffed Abode

103
Enchanted: Sec Athamas

Esteem, how acquired 99

Eucharis, her Care to retain teUmachus in her Chains

163, 164

■ ■ Ihe does all flie can to give him an Averfion

to Mentor 1 66, 167

EuROPA 2ig

F

FREE, different Opinions concerning who of all Men
it mofl; free 130

JbRiEND, the Charafter of a true one m

_—- — what Value one ought to fet on him 112, it-?

G

G

A D E S (or Cadiz) 85

H

HA Pv P, Acbijoas, Mentor and Orpheus played well
upon it 193, 194, i^c.

Harw?pic.e.^ 257

N Hazaei.

An INDEX.

Hazael, ^is great Dcfirc to be inftradled in the Grecian
Arts and Manners Page 112

' berefufes the Kingdom of Creie 142, 143

Hesperia 212, 214

HiPFOMACHus, his Defire to carry away the Prize from
letemachus in the Chariot Races 128

Hospitality, beft cxercifed by the Cr^/«»/ 125

HvMEaiAKS, what fort of People 50

JEALOUSY, a DefcriptioTi of that caufed by Love
161, eff.
iDOMENEtrs, King of Crete, makes a very rafli Vow

121

. the Difmal Confequences of it, his Flight,

and the Kingdom he founds 122, i^c.

... I ■ how he receives TeUmachus iinA Meritor, who

arrive there fome time after 216, 217

. being engaged in a War, he implores their

Aflillance 225

Island, t\\?ii of Calypfo, why inacceffible 180

Jngratituce, puniihed by the C«/««/ 119

JoAZAR, who he is 183

Joy, that produced by Virtue, very different from that
caufed by Vice, a Dcfcription of each 1 09, no

IxiON 190

K

K

I N G S, the Difference between thofe that make

thenifelves beloved, and thofe who make them-

felves feared 54

. Maxims which they ought to follow 58, 59

.• the wifeft are deceived 60

. their Misfortune in not being able to fee with

their own Eyes 69

. good ones are lamented after Death 6g, 70

...,. I . Charaf^er of a bad one 70

Kings,
I

An INDEX.

Kings, Charafter of thofe whofe Valour is not temper'd

with Wifdom Page 72

" ■ of covetous Kings 83

• in what their Authority ought to confifl 119, i 20

■■ • tliey, who think they are happy when they render

their i'eople miferable, are the moft unhappy
of all Men 131

- they, who don't know how to govern their People

both in War and Peace, are but half Kings 152

■ which is preferable, a King who knows only how

to conquer, or a King unexperienced in War,
but who knows how to govern his People well
in Time of Peace 132, ^\,

- Kings are but Slaves in Difguife 141
> their ufual Behaviour to thofe who have Merit,

and have rendered them Services 143, 144

— '■ wherein they ought to furpafs their Subje£\s 14.6

■ • ■ why Kings wear away fafter than other Men 2 1 g

■ they are in the wrong to believe their Elevation

puts them above all Fear 224.

Kingdom, the Government of one, Refleftions proper to

give one a Difguft thereof 14.1

>'■■■' ' ■ ' three Men gcneroufly refufe th^t of Crete

1 39, ^c,
^- ■ ■ which Arijiedtmus accepts, but on three Con-
ditions i^^

LABOUR, the Source of Plenty 1 1 7

Labyrinth, oiCritt lai

Laconia 237

Laws : See Minos

Libations, what they were 257

LocRiANs, an invincible People 232

LovEj we are apt to give way to, and be pleaded with
it 171

— ■ ■■"• Defcription of one tranfported to Jcaloufy by it

162, 163
N 2 Love,

An INDEX.

LovB, a Lover don't believe himfelf to be fo Page 171

■ how true Courage muft encounter Love 173

Luxury, Reflections proper to difTuade one from Ic

198, ^c.
Lye, the Deformity of this Vice 78

■ hew it ought to be detelted 9' > 9^

M

MALACHON: See J/arl>e
Marriages, to live happy in them, one maft
imitate the People oiBatka toz

Mentor, who he was 37

Metophis, hisCharailer 60

* his Difgrace 69

«- rellored to Favour 7*

Mien, whether one ought to judge by that of Men's Merit

140
MiNtRTA, a Defcription of that Goddefs. loz

r why fhe always appeared to 'Telemachus under

the Shape of Mentor I 54

Mi NO 9, his good Laws 1 18

— his Maxims for governing well 119, Iffc.

.._„ , what Pod his Juftice procured him in the infernal

Regions IZI

what Retpea: was paid to his Books of Laws 130

Music, its Jiffeas ^93

N

N

A R B A L, who he is ^ 7^
his Stratagem to hinder Telemachus''& be-
ing difcovered by .'ygmnHon 83

which had like to have been found out 90,91

his Promotion under Balfazar 192

Narcissus, into what, and why, metamorphofed 195
Navigation, the Way to bring it to perfcftion 89, C5r.
Nemesis, the Ofiice of this Goddefs 122

An INDEX.

"Neptune, how he revenges Venus o^TeUmachus, Page'

148, 211, l5c,
• drives him wide of Iihaca 2 1 2

■ and carries him on the Coafls of Hefperia, ht-

iortSalentum: See IJomeneus 234

Nestor, what City he foun"ds 23-8

O

L D Men, the good Qualities of thofe eftablifhed hy
Minos, as Judges of the People, and Guardians of
the Laws 129

P

PASSIONS, we are ingenious at Inventing Reafons
to favoitr them, and Aifiing thofe that condemn
them 1 59

PiRiLs, how we ought to behave when in them 46

Pbtilia, by whom founded 238

Phaoael: See Pygmalion

Phala-tus, his Charter, what City he founds 238
Phenici ANs, their Power 79

» how they came to be Mailers of Trade 86

' — and fo powerful by Sea 87

Pleasures, which one ought :o be fenlible of 194

Policy, a People, who, by the Goodness of their Man-
ners, have nothing to do with it, 197, feff,
Pygmalion, his Cruelty to Sycheus, his Covetoufnei^

79

— his Diftruft

■ ' - ■ ■ he leaves his Wife Tophia for JJiarhe, who
makes her Sport of him 92, 93

— why he puts his cldeft Son, Phatiael, to Death,
and fends his youngeft, Baleazar, to 6"^-
mos J 8 2

.— he is poifoned by AJiarbe 185

Read»

An INDEX.

R

READING, the Pralfe of it Page 6^

Reason, eternal, the deplorable Condition of a
Man who does not underftand it, and the Happi-
Dtfs of him that Corfu Is and follows it 113,114
RiCKEs are the Fountain of Difquiet and Mifchief 81, 82

SALENTUM: %zQhkmeneus
Sal EN TINES J 24

Secrecy, its Praife 77

- - ■ the Means to acquire that Talent 77, 78

■' what makes one betray a Secret 99

what one muft do when one has faid too much ib.

Sesostris, that King could be reproached with but two
Things daring his whole Life 59

•■■ ■ ■ Egypt is inconToIable for his Death 69

Sjsiphus, his Punifliment 190,191

SoPKRONYMus, the Means he pro po fed to JJomeneui, to
fulfil his Vow without Sacrificing his Son 123

TANTALUS, his Punifliment 190

Ta^entum, by whom founded 237

Tartarus, the Manfion of the Wicked 1 14

Telemachus, why he fets fail for Sicily with Mentor,
who accompanies him every-where 44
' ' ■ they are afraid of being taken by Trojans

45' 4<5

; ■ they are taken by other Trojans 47, ^c,

*"' ■ ' ■ a Prophecy of Mentor'' s having fet them at

Liberty, they are taken by x\itEgyplians 5 5

— — — he is fent into a Defart 61

■ whence he is recalled 68, 69

■■ ■ ' -■■— he is confined in a Tower 7 x

T»LE-

An INDEX.

Telbmachus, being fet at Liberty, is carried into Phe.
nicia Page 75

— — ^———. he goes for Cyprus gj
^ i . as he is ready to be corrupted, Mentor ap-
pears to him, and tells the Reafon of his
being there fo fealonably ic8, i^c.

—. — . he embarks with him for Cre/e 113

— . invited to entertheLills. Dcfcription of the

Place where thofe combat who pretend
to the 'Government of that Ifland 1 25

«. — — .— ■■■— having gain'd the Prize from all his Com-
petitors, the Cretans deiire him for their
King 136, ^f.

— he refufes that Honour 139

• — ■ as docs Mentor 141

— ■ from Crete they fail for Ithaca, fuch a Storm

arifes, that only they two efcape from
Shipwreck, by which they are driven upon
C«/y^'s Ifland 1 46, l^.

. . . . .-« the burning their Ship 176

-« a Phenkian Veflel bound to Epirus, receives

them in the moil obliging manner 1 79

, -^ viWA Adoam, who commands it, relates

the Hiftory of Tyre 182, ^c.

. and of Bettica ig6, i^c.

Termosiris, the Defcription of that old Man who ap-
pears to Telemachus 63, 64

Termutis, who he is 75

Thebes, the Magnificence of that City 57, 58

Ti rius, his Punifliment 191

ToPHA : ZnQ Pygmalion

Iyre, a Defcription of that glorious City 85, i^c.

VICE, the Sentiments one at firll conceives of it,
v;hich yet afterwards change ; See Joy 1 07

Virtue, the Snares laid for it by the Vicious ; See Joy

105, i^c.

VOLUP-

An INDEX.

Voluptuous diffolute Men, their Charader Page rc4
Vow, z x3l^ ont oi Jdomeneui 1 21

U

UL Y S S E S, his Impatience to return to his Country
42» 43
LnfoRtunate, different Opinions concerning who is the
moft unfortunate of all Men 131, 132

w

w

A R, its pernicious Confequences, even though it
fhould be fuccefsful 133

- the Way to avoid engaging in it 203

-i— >— — one ought not to deiire it only to acquire Glory

2s8

Wine, the bad Effefls of it 202

Wisdom defcribed _ 1 94

Women, one mull be "upon one's Guard againft their
Charms 4'

,, their Art in getting Secrets out of Men without

revealing their own 99

— their Endeavours to pleafe, caufe a DIfguil 10:

World, how foiall it appears to the Gods 207

FINIS,

I

WSkJ^A

PQ Fenelon, Frangois de Salignac

1795 de la Mo the

T5E5 The adventiires of Telemachus

1766

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